Buïgas was born into an educated family in Barcelona, son of the architect Gaietà Buïgas. When he was seven, his family moved to Montevideo (Uruguay) but returned to Barcelona in 1910. In 1916, he entered the School of Industrial Engineers of Barcelona; he did not graduate as he started to work as an assistant for the Exhibition of Electrical Industries of Barcelona. Later he continued to study at the École de Civil Génie of Paris.
During the Spanish Civil War he settled in Paris, where he resided until 1942. During these years he gained international reputation and he obtained commissions for projects for international expositions in Paris (1937), Liege (1939), Lisbon (1940), Rome (1953), and the Expo 58 at Brussels. In 1955, he designed the Teatro del Aqua y Luz for the international fair in Santo Domingo. As an inventor he designed a torpedo bomber seaplane in 1914, a device to recover sea sand for construction (1922), a one-person midget submarine (1932), a remote-controlled torpedo guided by ultrasound (1931–1933) and other devices.[2]
Besides his architectural works, Buïgas wrote for magazines and published a number of books. He spent the last years of his life in Cerdanyola del Vallès, where he died and is buried.
carles, buïgas, sans, january, 1898, barcelona, august, 1979, cerdanyola, vallès, catalan, architect, engineer, inventor, author, portrait, contents, biography, works, books, sources, references, external, linksbiography, edit, nbsp, magic, fountain, montjuic,. Carles Buigas i Sans 18 January 1898 in Barcelona 27 August 1979 in Cerdanyola del Valles was a Catalan architect engineer inventor and author Portrait of Carles Buigas Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Books 4 Sources 5 References 6 External linksBiography edit nbsp Magic Fountain Montjuic Buigas was born into an educated family in Barcelona son of the architect Gaieta Buigas When he was seven his family moved to Montevideo Uruguay but returned to Barcelona in 1910 In 1916 he entered the School of Industrial Engineers of Barcelona he did not graduate as he started to work as an assistant for the Exhibition of Electrical Industries of Barcelona Later he continued to study at the Ecole de Civil Genie of Paris In 1922 Buigas designed his first project with illuminated water fountains for the Royal Palace of Pedralbes Eugenio d Ors described his work as a new style of art the art of agualuz His most famous work is the Magic Fountain of Montjuic created for the International Exposition in Barcelona in 1929 1 During the Spanish Civil War he settled in Paris where he resided until 1942 During these years he gained international reputation and he obtained commissions for projects for international expositions in Paris 1937 Liege 1939 Lisbon 1940 Rome 1953 and the Expo 58 at Brussels In 1955 he designed the Teatro del Aqua y Luz for the international fair in Santo Domingo As an inventor he designed a torpedo bomber seaplane in 1914 a device to recover sea sand for construction 1922 a one person midget submarine 1932 a remote controlled torpedo guided by ultrasound 1931 1933 and other devices 2 Besides his architectural works Buigas wrote for magazines and published a number of books He spent the last years of his life in Cerdanyola del Valles where he died and is buried Works editMagic Fountain Montjuic Barcelona Teleferico del puerto Barcelona Fountain Barcelona Airport Barcelona Illumination Sagrada Familia Barcelona Teatro del Aqua y Luz Santo Domingo Copy of magic fountain montjuic SalouBooks edit1943 Bajo las constelaciones 1946 El hombre entre enigmas y prodigios 1960 La Nave Luminosa 1966 El teatre integral amb escenari d Aigua Llum Musica 1973 Viajes interplanetarios y algo mas 1973 Hechos ideas y proyectos 1975 La extraordinaria aventura 1975 La gran revolucion 1976 El dia 41Sources editCaralt David 2010 Agualuz de pirotecnias a mundos flotantes visiones de Carles Buigas Siruela ISBN 9788498413922 References edit The Magic Fountain of Montjuic Carles Buigas Retrieved September 17 2009 External links editSite about Carles Buigas in Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carles Buigas amp oldid 1198286277, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
