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After a long battle against cancer and two accidents, one skiing and the other in a car, the 82 years Ricardo Bofill dies, former father-in-law of Paulina Rubio and Chabeli Iglesias.
The renowned Catalan architect, who changed the façade of Barcelona with his art and talent , died this Friday in Paris, France, where he had been living for a few years.
His son, Ricardo Bofill, who inherited not only his name, but also his profession and his talent with architecture, was married for 3 years to Chabeli, daughter of Julio Iglesias, and had a relationship of 10 years with Paulina Rubio.
In fact, he married the ‘Golden Girl’, in a ceremony that had sentimental validity, rather than legal. Ricardo Bofill junior who built the mansion where Pau currently lives with his two children, and for this he told with the advice of his father.
Although the two relationships, with Chabeli and with Paulina they ended very badly, both always expressed their admiration for their ex-father-in-law, who is a celebrity in Spain, for his great contribution to culture and architecture.
Radio Televisión Española, one of the first media outlets to provide the information, reports that urban design includes the Place de l’Europe in Luxembourg, the Nueva Castellana in Madrid, the Antigone neighborhood in Motpellier (France) among the works of Bofill Sr. , the Nueva Bocana of the port of Barcelona or the remodeling and extension of the airport of the Catalan capital, where he also designed the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya and the Hotel Vel.
Ricardo Bofill founded in 1200 the Architecture Workshop with a multidisciplinary team formed not only by architects, but also by other professionals and artists, such as the literary critic Salvador Clotas, the poet José Agustín Goytisolo or the economist Julia Romea. Rest in peace.
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