American Architects: Josep Lluis Sert

The American Architects series is a collection of books devoted to significant figures of 20th-century American architecture. Each monograph will offer a complete vision of the architect’s impressive architectural work. Majestic photographs and drawings and rich text will enlighten 10 projects of the most influential architects. The series will examine the oeuvre of Richard Meier, J. Ll. Sert, Louis Kahn, Philip Johnson, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and many others. Jose Lluís Sert was born in 1902 in Barcelona, where he studied at the School of Architecture. After the Spanish Civil War he moved to the United States and opened Town Planning Associates with Paul Lester Wiener and Paul Schulz. He taught at many universities, including Harvard, where he served as dean of the School of Design. He returned to Spain, where he died in 1983. J. Ll. Sert designed many great buildings worldwide, including the Miró Foundation in Barcelona, the Holyoke Center in Boston, and the Science Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.