SANTIAGO ROQUETA (Barcelona 1944-2005) and GABRIEL MORA (Barcelona, 1941) for Sa…
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SANTIAGO ROQUETA (Barcelona 1944-2005) and GABRIEL MORA (Barcelona, 1941) for Santa&Cole. Pair of side tables "Primavesi", ca. 1980. Wood and formica. Measurements: 72 x 62 x 62 cm. Pair of side tables designed by Gabriel Mora and Santiago Roqueta in 1987 and produced by Santa & Cole. They are part of the Primavesi Series, which also includes an armchair and a pedestal. Made from a structure of multiple black lacquered wood slats that converge to form a cross and a white Formica laminate top. Santiago Roqueta was an architect, designer, interior designer, editor and draftsman, Roqueta was a multifaceted character. Graduated in architecture from the ETSAB (Escola Técnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona) in 1970, he practiced the profession, especially in the field of interior design, both alone and in collaboration with other professionals, such as Emili Donato. He was the author of the interior design of spaces such as the Ponsa restaurant (1970), the Massana restaurant (1975), the Sala Zeleste (1973 and 1979), La Barcelonesa de Vinos y Espíritus (1983), the Malic Theater (1984), the Snooker Club (1985), for which he was awarded the FAD Prize for Architecture and Interior Design, the restaurant Els Balcons (1985), the Bar Sisisí (1986), the Galería Ciento (1986), the offices of the production company Ovideo TV (1985-1998), Oído (1995 and 1996), Barcelona Televisió- BTV (1988) and Arsenal Room (1998). Gabriel Mora studied at the School of Architecture in Barcelona, where he graduated in 1966, and where he taught. In his early years he worked in the offices of Josep Maria Sostres and MBM Arquitectes. With Albert Viaplana and Helio Piñón he built the Can Bruixa residential building in Barcelona. He later partnered with Jaume Bach between 1976 and 1998. Together they developed an eclectic and decorative style, with designs conceived for the small-scale domestic environment, as can be seen in the L'Alzina school (1979-1982), the renovation of various squares in the district of Gracia (Sol, Virreina, Trilla, Diamant and Raspall, 1982-1985), the Josep Maria Jujol school -reform of the Talleres Mañach of the architect Jujol- (1984-1987) and the Gracia sports center (1988-1989), all of them in Barcelona.

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