Casa Pedralbes / Joan Anguita
This house in the mountains, designed by the architect Joan Anguita, brings all the glamour of Los Angeles to Barcelona, Spain. Partially suspended above the terrain, it is the dream home of a young businessman who loves collecting cars and organizing gatherings for his friends.
The four-storey structure blends into its environment by means of a transparent glass façade that provides spectacular views of the city and the Mediterranean Sea beyond.
The main body of the house comprises the ground floor and the first floor, which is reserved for social activities. The ground floor displays the owner’s private car collection, while the first floor contains the kitchen, dining room, sitting room and library.
A freight elevator runs all the way up the house, from the display area to the top floor, which is devoted to the everyday living spaces. This transparent elevator makes it possible to move vehicles from one level to another or put them on show in different spaces.
The open-plan settings create a sensation of great space, only enhanced by the predominance of pale, neutral colors and the designer furniture carefully selected by the architect.
The house also boasts two swimming pools, each with a single lane: one outdoors, on the first floor, and another indoors in the basement, which contains the leisure area, complete with a cinema, bowling alley and gym. The roof terrace is a deck area designed for pleasure, with a jacuzzi, solarium and a large bar.
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nice project ;)
It has a very pretentious feel to it! Cold and boring. It lacks the minimalist touch of f.ex John Pawsons work.
I would never live in such place. It’s more like an office than a home. and who needs the second office to live in?!
great house for a banker! sensitive interiors, personal, forward thinking, considerate and full of spunk! to top it all i just love the big drop in front – break glass in an emergency and throw the fecker down the ravine
the design is alright but I think the graphic representation is great. The renderings aren’t over saturated with color and the drawings are clear and easy to read.
.. all that’s missing is some hookers and a chainsaw, then we’d have ourselves a Bret Easton Ellis story
Frankly speaking,I think the project is
‘architecturally correct” might even be a little bit of an clich’e the representation is ok. It is between being realistic and conceptual, I don’t find it realistic enough nor conceptually intriging. Great site thou!
I think Patrick Bateman would object to the level of exposure. Unless, of course, the wrapping glass is of the magic kind that can turn from transparent to opaque at the push on a remote control. Enter the hookers and the chainsaw, and the party can begin.
The client probably thinks he’s James Bond, look at the first image, the dude looking at the city skyline, a babe descending the stairs clad in a cocktail dress… ready to take the Ferrari for a spin in town.
What a ****** joke!!
very nice.
i want more information about the 3d designer
Boring. Any work done with that – just actual design feeling.
“This is a nice place. How much did you pay for it?” “Actually… that’s none of your business. But I can assure you it certainly wasn’t cheap.”
that’s a car dealership! Im not getting fooled!
Nice car dealership!!!
reminds me of batman.
This is a beautiful project but I do not think that it is very livable.
I miss odris.
Where is odris with his encouraging comments?
Oh, brother. This place is totally ostentatious. Let’s park exotic cars everywhere and then have some “business associates” and hookers over for a coke party. This is straight out of the worst part of the 80′s. Is this thing actually going to be built?
Bringing the glamour of LA to BCN? That says it all- not enough vacuous souless cutting edge of 1975 rehash architecture in Barcelona, gotta fix that, WAY too much original exciting local work going on, gotta stamp that out. Hurray for globalism!
a dream house for a heart/brainless businessman. somebody throw a rock.
haha yes , it is a car dealership, my thoughts exactly
the renderings are cool, just like the cars ;-)
To Mari: The 3-D designer is a greek architect leaving in Barcelona and also collaborator to the project. But I do not franklly know why this project appears as a single-author´s job, which is absolutely not true…
7:56 AM Apr 5th
Casa Pedralbes / Joan Anguita. Glamorous! Nice Project, hope to see it in real later :) http://tinyurl.com/d4z4wa
11:01 AM Apr 5th
yeah i like it, nice pad http://www.archdaily.com/18700/casa-pedralbes-joan-anguita/ Casa Pedralbes / Joan Anguita,Barcelona, Spain
1:26 PM Apr 5th
Buen diseño del arquitecto Pedralbes. http://www.archdaily.com/18700/casa-pedralbes-joan-anguita/