Sagrada Familia: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  SCOB

• Location

  Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Renovation

• Architects in Charge

  Óscar Blasco, Sergi Carulla y Sergi Arenas

• Developer

  Barcelona City Council

• Area

  2239.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Adrià Goula

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• Architect

  CLAP Studio

• Location

  Carrer de la Fusina, 6, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Interior Design

• Area

  90.0 m2

• Photographer

  Daniel Rueda

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• Architects

  nn yet

• Location

  Avinguda Diagonal 410, Escala Esquerra. 7e, 1a, Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Offices Interiors

• Architects in Charge

  Anna Castellà y Daniel Muñoz

• Area

  180.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Alba Rodríguez Nuñez, Anna Castellà

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• Architects

  Cometa Architects

• Location

  Eixample, Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Apartment interiors

• Lead Architects

  Faidra Matziaraki & Victor Gonzalez

• Area

  46.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Vicente Ortega

The trustees of Barcelona's historic Sagrada Família have reached an agreement with the city council to pay off $41 million in debt for not having the appropriate building permits. As the New York Times reports, the saga has continued for more than a century, as an original building permit issued in 1885 by Sant Martí de Provençals was no longer valid when the town was absorbed into the city of Barcelona. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí in 1882, the Sagrada Família is still under construction 136 years later.

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• Architects

  Flores & Prats

• Location

  Carrer de Pere IV, 228, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  performing arts center

• Architect in Charge

  Flores & Prats

• Area

  2923.0 m2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Adrià Goula

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• Architect

  Batlle i Roig Arquitectura

• Location

  Carrer de Badajoz, 148-154, 08018 Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Hotels

• Architects authors of the work

  Enric Batlle, Joan Roig

• Design Team

  Laura Quintana, Joan Batlle, Yago Cavaller

• Area

  15400.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographer

  Antonio Navarro Wijkmark

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• Architects

  OAB

• Location

  Carrer del Taquígraf Serra, 20, 08029 Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Restaurant

• Lead Architects

  Carlos & Borja Ferrater (OAB)

• Project Director

  Núria Ayala

• Area

  800.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Joan Guillamat

When Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) graduated from the Barcelona Architecture School in 1878, the director of the school Elies Rogent reportedly declared: "Gentlemen, we are here today either in the presence of a genius or a madman!" [1] Well over a century later, this tension is still evident in Gaudí's work; though he is widely regarded as a genius architect, his distinctive style stands as a singularity in architectural history—simultaneously awe-inspiring and bizarre, never fitting into any stylistic movement, and never adapted or emulated, except by those still working to complete his magnum opus, Barcelona's famous Sagrada Família.

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• Architects

  ARCHIKUBIK

• Location

  Carrer de Bellesguard, 14, 08022 Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Adaptive reuse

• Author Architects

  Carmen Santana, Marc Chalamanch, Miquel Lacasta

• Area

  966.05 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Adrià Goulà, Simón García

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• Architects

  WOHA by Antonio Maciá

• Location

  Elche, Spain

• Category

  Renovation

• Area

  150.3 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  David Frutos

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• Architects

  Vilalta Architects

• Location

  Carrer de Còrsega, 337, 08037 Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Restaurants & Bars

• Area

  250.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Mauricio Fuertes

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• Architects

  Batlle i Roig Arquitectura

• Location

  El Masnou, Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Park

• Area

  35152.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Jordi Surroca + Stupendastic Films

In this Barcelona guide, we have rounded-up the architecture of probably the best known and most influential architect from the beginning of the century in Spain, Antonio Gaudí. Gaudí spent most of his life in Barcelona and the city boasts the largest concentration of his works in the world. His style is unique, often imitated but never matched.

Gaudí´s ideas shaped the way of thinking about architecture for a whole generation. His influence on Catalan modernism was immense, creating a unique style that many have tried to replicate. It is difficult to find a person who doesn´t at least know Gaudí by name. Of the 10 most visited attractions in Barcelona, 4 are buildings by Gaudí. In this guide, we wanted to compile the 10 essential Gaudí buildings, all located in Barcelona, necessary to gain an appreciation of his work. The first 7 building are considered heritage of humanity.

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• Architects

  Isern Associats

• Location

  Carrer de Còrsega, 291, 08008 Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  Hotels

• Architect in Charge

  Daniel Isern

• Area

  7365.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Adrià Goula

It has been confirmed that the museum opening date for the Casa Vicens in Barcelona has been rescheduled for the second half of 2017. Originally scheduled for the second half of 2016, the reopening of Gaudi's first house was not able to be completed due to the complicated and labor intensive renovations. This will be the first time the house, declared World Heritage site, will be open to the public without it being a residential or private space.

The Casa Vicens, located on 24 Carolines Street, was the first house ever designed by Antoni Gaudí. In 1883 Manel Vicens, promoter of the project, commissioned the architect to build what would be his summer home. At that time Gràcia, now a cosmopolitan neighborhood, was a separate town. Therefore, the project did not contemplate the possibility of other buildings being built around it, and so to this day, it remains a completely freestanding building in a neighborhood characterized by its compact character, narrow streets, and high density of population.

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Over the course of 134 years of construction of the Sagrada Familia, the unfinished masterpiece of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona has experienced three unresolved conflicts. First, there was a lack of a (contemporary) construction permit, the nonpayment of taxes, and finally the uncertainty about whether or not to finally build the large plaza to the southeast that Gaudí imagined with the forced expulsion of up to 3,000 residents and lessees, all living in the area surrounding Sagrada Familia’s Glory Façade.

In recent days, these three issues have come to light almost simultaneously, but let’s discuss them one by one. Bitterly upset by what he describes as "a project without plans in Gaudi's name" Councilman of Barcelona Architecture, Urban Landscape and Heritage Daniel Mòdol called the Sagrada Familia a "giant Easter cake".

His statement, reported by the press two weeks ago, overshadowed the official Municipal proposal made to the temple’s construction monitoring committee "if they plan to modify the planning around the basilica" in a maximum period of six months. This is in reference to the large esplanade designed by Gaudi in his original plan, in front of the Glory Façade (between the streets Mallorca and Arago): a walkway 60 meters wide that would connect the temple with Diagonal Avenue.

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