Architecture: The Wild Sanctuary

How one man's singular creative vision created one of the island's most emblematic live-work spaces.

Ibiza’s multifaceted architectural identity tells a tale of colliding cultures, creative co-existence and the constructions of distinctly varied ways of life. One of the first contemporary architects to be inspired by the island's traditional vernacular was the German emigré Erwin Broner (1898-1972), whose own Sa Penya Modernist masterpiece is now a fascinating museum. 

The first print cover in a series of three for L’OFFICIEL IBIZA’s second issue is the artwork LUNA LLENA, an homage to the work of the seminal French artist Yves Uro. Uro came to define the image of nightlife in Ibiza during the heady days of the 1970s and ‘80s, when his avant garde club poster designs for the likes of Ku, Glory’s and Pacha became a calling card for Ibiza’s hedonistic party scene. 

Catherine Uro's exclusive letter to her brother introduces this remarkable issue.