ENRIC TOUS AND JOSEP MARIA FARGAS
Qualified as architects in 1953 and partners between 1954 and 1992, they were pioneers of the high-tech style in Catalonia, influenced by Mies van der Rohe, Neutra, and Ellwood. They are notable for their buildings for Banca Catalana in Barcelona, such as the one at Paseo de Gracia 84 (1965-68), with a modular facade; the one at Diagonal 662 (1974-75), the current headquarters of Planeta; and the one at Balmes 236 (1975), now the headquarters of a regional government department.
Other notable works include the Mandri Building, Casa Ballvé, the Dallant and Kas factories, the Bilbao Industrial Bank, the Pastor Bank, the renovation of the Estación del Norte station, and two churches (Viladecans and Barcelona). They also participated in the decoration of the College of Architects of Catalonia.
Tous wrote L'arquitectura i la vida (2015). Fargas was a city councillor (1987-91), an academic since 1996, and founded Fargas i Associats in 1994 with his children.