Tag Barcelona, Spain

29-03-2021

The Voxel, a prototype advanced ecological cabin

The Voxel is a prototype advanced ecological cabin built in Barcelona’s Collserola nature park using natural 0 km materials and innovative construction techniques. The project is a space for confinement, proposing an architectural solution to the COVID-19 pandemic while exploring the principles of the circular bioeconomy.

17-02-2021

AIA+Barceló-Balanzó+GGG: Camp del Ferro Sports Centre, Barcelona

The temporary team consisting of AIA, Barceló-Balanzó Arquitectes and Gustau Gili Galfetti has designed the Camp del Ferro, the new sports centre in the La Sagrera neighbourhood of Barcelona. The latticework effect used for the bricks softens their impact, whilst the inverted vaulted roof ties the building to nearby factories.

05-02-2021

449 Architectural projects submitted for the Mies van der Rohe Award

The list of 449 architectural projects submitted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2022, located in 279 cities in 41 countries, was announced on February 2. 514 architectural practices compete for the European Union’s most important award for architecture, presented by the European Commission and Fundació Mies van der Rohe. For the first time, the current edition also includes works built in Armenia, Moldavia and Tunisia.

19-11-2020

Kirsten Schwalgien, award-winning interior in a historical setting in Barcelona

German interior designer Kirsten Schwalgien has transformed the ground floor of listed local gem Casa Burés—one of the best examples of Modernist architecture in Barcelona’s Eixample district and designed in 1905 by Francesc Berenguer—into a state-of-the-art residential loft. The LoftBuresQ project also won the German Design Award.

17-11-2020

Crafts NOW: 2nd edition, this time online

Crafts NOW, the conference on crafts organized as part of the fourteenth edition of Barcelona Design Week, will be presented online this year. The use of plastics will be discussed on 18 November 2020, and the intention is to initiate discussion on innovation around this controversial material.

06-11-2020

Raúl Sánchez: The Magic Box Apartment in Barcelona

Raúl Sánchez renovated a ground-floor apartment in a building in the centre of Viladecans, near Barcelona, on the basis of the load-bearing wall that divides the space in half. The Magic Box is a golden wardrobe that he added to act as the threshold between rooms offering the perfect setting for the two daughters’ play.

11-09-2020

Raúl Sánchez: Tibbaut Duplex in Barcelona’s El Raval district

In the Tibbaut Duplex, Raúl Sánchez combines two apartments into a duplex and creates a box within a box that divides and organises the space. Two floors that were once separate and suffered the effects of a strongly longitudinal orientation are now joined with new circular routes.

12-08-2020

Taller 9s: Cal Xerta paper mill, Sant Pere de Riudebitlles, Barcelona

Thanks to a project by Taller 9s, the demolition of the old Cal Xerta paper mill - a defunct, dilapidated factory in Sant Pere de Riudebitlles - was avoided, replaced by the idea to set up an interpretation centre for paper, a traditional trade linked to the valley of the River Bitlles.

05-06-2020

Living Hub by Egue y Seta

Egue y Seta, Catalan-based multidisciplinary studio led by Daniel Pérez and Felipe Araujo have remodelled an apartment in Barcelona. A warm, friendly home, perfect for working from home and for family life.