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Les Espaces D'Abraxas (1978-83) Design by Ricardo Bofill, Spain's leading architect of the late 20th century.
The gargantuan scale of this columnar architecture of prefabricated concrete pushes the language of classicism to its limits and beyond. |
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Mitsuiki Ishi, admirer of Ricardo Boffil succeeded in recreating this magnificent building on the computer screen. Computer Graphics by Mitsuiki Ishi Architect Click on images for larger view. |
In seeking to rehumanize architecture by ridding it of the restricting purism of the Modern movement postmodernist architects shared the ambition of banishing the fear of memory from modern architectural design. Urban preoccupations have been dramatically expressed in France by Ricardo Bofill's vast housing developments, such as Les Espaces d'Abraxas, Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. 
