Tag Barcelona, Spain

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.

29-04-2020

Mesura handle the first restoration of the historic Cheriff restaurant in Barceloneta in 60 years

In Barceloneta, the old residents are the true records of the area’s history, including its local landmarks. One of the legendary examples that they might point out - a place largely unknown to tourists - is the Cheriff restaurant, which has been serving up fresh fish and seafood from the nearby docks every day since 1959. This local institution commissioned the Mesura architecture firm, also from Barcelona, to oversee the restaurant’s restoration, ensuring that it stayed in line with what has been Cheriff’s unmistakable style for the past sixty years whilst also updating it for the 21st century.

26-02-2020

Two recent projects by GCA Architects in Catalonia

Two recent projects by GCA Architects reveal how all the Catalonian studio’s projects, independently of their scale and function, are characterised by the same simple, minimal style and holistic, multidisciplinary approach to architecture with a strong focus on technology and environment.

17-02-2020

Sustainable urban regeneration in Barcelona by Arquitectura Anna Noguera

Effective intervention in a challenging neighbourhood to create both a sports facility and a landscaped green area that can engage the local community and improve the urban environment. This is the programme for the Centro Sportivo a Turó de la Peira, Barcelona by Arquitectura Anna Noguera.