Tag Barcelona, Spain

21-05-2021

A brick and wood building by EMBT for the Kàlida Centre

Benedetta Miralles Tagliabue’s studio EMBT built a brick building with enamelled ceramic inserts for the Kàlida Centre

29-04-2021

Timeless architecture: Alfons Soldevila’s Casa Mas Ram

The home and studio of Alfons Soldevila, architect and professor of architecture at UPC in Barcelona, a friend and contemporary of such great architects as Elias Torres and Oscar Tusquets, was built in 1971 and offers a tangible example of his tireless innovative spirit. The timeless character of this prototype home is captured in Marcela Grassi’s photographs.

22-04-2021

Anna and Eugeni Bach’s Seven Lives in Barcelona

Architects Anna and Eugeni Bach built Seven Lives, a small block of three tiny apartments between established buildings in the historic centre of Barcelona’s Horta district that stands out for its great attention to detail and prominent accents of colour.

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.