BIOGRAPHY
Jorge Ferrari Hardoy date/location * 1914 Buenos Aires † May 1977 Buenos Aires Argentine architect and designer. He is one of “the group of astral” who re designed the butterfly chair.

Birthplace: Argentina Jorge Ferrari Hardoy was born in Buenos Aires in 1914.

He received his degree in architecture from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1939. He had lived the previous year in Paris, where he worked with le Corbusier in the development of the “Plan Director para Buenos Aires.” On his return to Buenos Aires he became an active participant in the creation of CIAM Argentina and Grupo Austral. He is probably best known internationally for his BKF chair, designed together with Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet in 1939. Ferrari-Hardoy remained active as a designer, architect, and city planner until his death.

PRODUCTS BY Jorge Hardoy Ferrari

Butterfly Chair, 1938

Butterfly Chair Set, 1938