He started off as an outstanding draughtsman at Art College, Lonja, and even though his true calling was to be a painter he ended up  going to Architecture School from where he graduated  in 1965. One year after finishing his studies he founded the Studio Per, along with Pep Bonet, Cristian Cirici and Lluís Clotet. The Belvedere Georgina and the house at Pantelleria marked the beginning of his international trajectory, both for the radicalism of his ideas and the effectiveness of his expression. In this same year he co-founded the B.D Ediciones de Diseño company, one of the first serious ventures into Spanish industrial design since the post-war period.  His renown as an architect has been growing steadily since then (having exhibited at the Fukuoka exhibition along with names such as Rem Koolhaas, Michael Graves or Steven Holl, among others), work which he has done in collaboration with Carlos Díaz since 1987 and as a designer, working on his own, since 1984.

Tusquets' iconoclastic personality, disciple of Salvador Dali, often hides the exacting rigour that he applies to his industrial design and architectural projects. Most notable among his main work is the restoration of the Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona, 1983-1989), creative work on Lluís Domènech i Montaner; the house at Somosaguas (Madrid, 1987-1989); the Pavillion Tusquets in the Parc de la Villette (Paris, 1987-1990) and the housing and office block in the Olympic Village (Barcelona, 1988-1991).   As a designer he is responsible for major pieces such as the Varius (Casa, 1984) and Gaulino (Carlos Jané, 1986-1987) chairs, the Catalono bench  (with  Lluìs Clotet, B.D. Ediciones de Diseño, 1974), the Hypóstila shelving system (with con Lluìs Clotet, B.D. Ediciones de Diseño, 1980) and the Oronda tea set (Alessi, 1983).

Portico came into existence as a result of the work Tusquets has done with Coinma, representing the company’s future commitment towards design, aesthetics and functionality.

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