André Ricard and Daniel Giralt-Miracle, the member responsible for ADI/FAD, proposed the island of Ibiza as the venue for the ICSID Biennial Congress in 1971. That's how the story began. At that time, the so-called "Urquinaona Open Design Group" already existed in Barcelona. From the group, and with Carlos Ferrater at the head, they offered their help to the organization of the congress. They refused, as everything seemed to have already been organised. Together with Fernando Bendito, Ferrater asks about accommodation for the students. They still had nothing. They get the opportunity they were waiting for. Thousands of invitations are sent out to students all over the world. The number of replies was greater than the number of registered students.
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The Barcelona Pavilion, an Instrument of Expression: 10 Interventions to Reflect on Contemporary Architecture
In 1929, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich design the German National Pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. The official reception for the exhibition was held there, presided over by King Alfonso XIII and the German authorities. From then on, the story is well known to everyone. A symbolic work of the Modern Movement, the Pavilion has been extensively studied and interpreted, and has inspired the work of several generations of architects.
49 houses / Arquitectura Produccions + Pau Vidal + Vivas Arquitectos
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Architects: Arquitectura Produccions, Pau Vidal, Vivas Arquitectos
- Area: 64799 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Actiu, Cortizo, Daikin, Disano www.disano.it, FCV, +11
Ca na Riera / Atzur Arquitectura
Between Arches, Architecture of Connection: An Alternative View of Barcelona
The gaze is a tool that the architect uses constantly but does not fully value. It is an instrument that, in addition to allowing us to know and recognize our reality and the phenomena that arise from it, can work as a method of analysis. "Entrearcos (Between-arches): architecture of connection" is a research project developed by the architect Daniela Silva Landeros that studies, in the specific case of the Ciutat Vella neighbourhood of the city of Barcelona, the issue of arches in our cities. And Silva Landeros does so from alternative points of view that call into question the way we are used to looking.
Fuego Camina Conmigo Offices / Isern Serra
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Interior Designers: Isern Serra
- Year: 2021
Mar Bella School / SUMO arquitectes
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Architects: SUMO arquitectes
- Area: 5400 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Fundermax, Saint-Gobain, Cortizo, Ecophon, +2
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Professionals: AIA Instal.lacions Arquitectòniques, Natursystem / Eurocatalana
Oriol Bohigas, the Modernist Architect and Urbanist from Barcelona, Died at 95
On the 30th of November, we received news of the death of Oriol Bohigas Guardiola (Barcelona, 1925), architect, urbanist, and one of the main drivers of Catalan's modern transformation.
MAIO Designs 40 Hierarchyless-Spaces, Social Housing Units in Barcelona
MAIO is currently building a five-story building with 40 social housing units in the Sant Feliu de Llobregat district, Barcelona. The project design urban connectivity, social equity, and sustainability. As the winner of a two-phase competition, the building will house hierarchyless, generic, flexible spaces to fit the inhabitants' needs.
GOMotor Store / NORA studio
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Architects: NORA studio
- Area: 71042 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Adobe Systems Incorporated, BPM Lighting, Cortizo, Trimble Navigation
La Balma Collective Housing / Lacol + LaBoqueria
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Architects: LaBoqueria, Lacol
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Ciclons, Saate, Velima System
Six N. Five Studio Renovation / Isern Serra
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Interior Designers: Isern Serra
- Year: 2021
Warehouse Transformation / Thomas Raynaud + Paul Devarrieux
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Architects: Paul Devarrieux, Thomas Raynaud
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: Crespiera Simo Diagonal Arquitectura, TDI Enginyers
Collective Housing 110 Rooms / MAIO
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Architects: MAIO
- Area: 30085 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Font i Armengol, Masala consultors, Beatriz Borque Badenas
Seven Lives Housing / Anna & Eugeni Bach
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Architects: Anna & Eugeni Bach
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: Masala consultors, Atres80 SL / Joan Escanelles
Art Gallery in Barcelona / MAIO
BM32 / EstudioReciente
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Architects: EstudioReciente
- Area: 699 ft²
- Year: 2020