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In this first stage, the catalogue focuses on the modern and contemporary architecture designed and built between 1832 –year of construction of the first industrial chimney in Barcelona that we establish as the beginning of modernity– until today.
The project is born to make the architecture more accessible both to professionals and to the citizens through a website that is going to be updated and extended. Contemporary works of greater general interest will be incorporated, always with a necessary historical perspective, while gradually adding works from our past, with the ambitious objective of understanding a greater documented period.
The collection feeds from multiple sources, mainly from the generosity of architectural and photographic studios, as well as the large amount of excellent historical and reference editorial projects, such as architectural guides, magazines, monographs and other publications. It also takes into consideration all the reference sources from the various branches and associated entities with the COAC and other collaborating entities related to the architectural and design fields, in its maximum spectrum.
Special mention should be made of the incorporation of vast documentation from the COAC Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.
The rigour and criteria for selection of the works has been stablished by a Documental Commission, formed by the COAC’s Culture Spokesperson, the director of the COAC Historical Archive, the directors of the COAC Digital Archive, and professionals and other external experts from all the territorial sections that look after to offer a transversal view of the current and past architectural landscape around the territory.
The determination of this project is to become the largest digital collection about Catalan architecture; a key tool of exemplar information and documentation about architecture, which turns into a local and international referent, for the way to explain and show the architectural heritage of a territory.
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2019-2024 Aureli Mora i Omar OrnaqueDocumental Commission:
2019-2024 Ramon Faura Carolina B. Garcia Francesc Rafat Antoni López Daufí Joan Falgueras Anton Pàmies Mercè Bosch Josep Ferrando Fernando Marzá Aureli Mora Omar OrnaqueExternal Collaborators:
2019-2024 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Helena Cepeda Inès Martinel Maria Jesús QuinteroWith the support of:
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Basílica de la Sagrada Família
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Arquitecte. Titulat el 1905. Arquitecte municipal de Vilafranca del Penedès des del 1919. Realitzà obres com la reforma de la masia Ca l’Estalella (1909-1910) a Castellví de la Marca, i de Can Raspall dels Horts (1909), un edifici del s.XVII a Vilafranca del Penedès, municipi on va projectar també els Magatzems Jové (1921), la Casa Cañas i Mañé (1911), i la Casa Rigual Artigas (1912)
Source: Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Ca l'Estalella
Ca l'estalella és una masia situada dalt d'un turó proper al poble de la Múnia. Es tracta d'una masia d'origen medieval, reformada en època modernista. Consta de planta baixa, pis i golfes, i té una torratxa de planta circular, destinada a dipòsit de l'aigua. Són elements interessants els arcs ogivals, les finestres esglaonades i un important ràfec, així com la utilització del maó vist, la ceràmica vidriada i el ferro forjat. El celler és cobert amb arcs diafragma, i té portal de pedra tallada. Es poden esmentar també els interiors com a dignes d'interès, amb guixeries barroques i mobles i elements de qualitat. La masia antic lloc d'Estalella apareix documentat des del 1225, en una donació al monestir de Santes Creus per part de Pere d'Estalella. L'actual masia va ser realitzada per l'arquitecte Antoni Pons i Domínguez en la reforma del conjunt que es féu els anys 1909-1910. -
Can Raspall dels Horts
La masia es troba situada a la part baixa del terme, al costat d'una riera on hi ha un petit bosquet i una font. És un edifici format per planta baixa, pis i golfes, amb teulada a dues aigües. La façana presenta una torratxa lateral amb coberta de pavelló i galeria. Les obertures presenten emmarcaments característics d'estil modernista. Hi ha utilització de maó vist i de ceràmica vidriada i decorada amb motius florals. La teulada és amb ràfec sobre mènsules. La masia de Can Raspall dels Horts té el seu origen en el segle XVII (1605). La reforma modernista és obra de l'arquitecte Antoni Pons i Domínguez i es va realitzar l'any 1909. -
Caves Hill
L'edifici d'habitatge i oficines de les Caves Hill es troba situat a uns dels extrems del nucli urbà de Moja, a la confluència dels carrers de Bonavista i Llarg. És una casa de planta baixa i un pis, que ocupa tota una illa. La façana principal presenta una composició simètrica, amb tres obertures per cada pis. Els elements més interessants de la construcció són el emmarcaments de les obertures, el coronament esglaonat i el ràfec així com la utilització del maó vist. El llenguatge arquitectònic emprat és el Modernisme. L'edifici fou contruït amb molta probabilitat el 1918. -
Fountain in the Vall del Castell Square
The fountain is composed of two rectangular bases of different sections. A semicircular sink with shell relief protrudes from the upper base. The pedestal has a rectangular section with lateral volutes, an upper cornice with permodules and moulding on the main face with a central faucet. It is crowned with a wrought iron lantern. -
Berger Department Stores
Set of isolated warehouses, with an initial floor plan in a T-shape, adjacent to the railway area. The roof of each industrial unit is gabled. These are loading and unloading porches. The Berger Department Stores were built in 1920. The project of the work was carried out by the architect Antoni Pons i Domínguez. It was presented in December 1919 and approved on April 14, 1920. The archive of the Vilafranca del Penedès Town Council is preserved. -
Cañas i Mañé House
Building between ground floor partitions and two floors with two façades, the main one on 20 Rambla de Nostra Senyora and the rear one on 33 La Palma Street. On Rambla de Nostra Senyora the façade has an asymmetrical composition, with a ground floor entirely transformed by the current commercial use, a main floor with a large tribune with three openings and a balcony located to its right, and an upper floor with a central low-arched window, two side windows and a balcony spanning the window centre and the right window. The top of the façade is formed by a stepped crowning with floral ornamentation with retouches and sgraffito. On La Palma Street, the façade presents a symmetrical composition of the upper floors, while the ground floor has the access portal shifted to the right. On the main floor there is a balcony with a wrought iron railing that takes up the entire width of the façade, with two arched openings crowned by circular pediments. On the upper floor there are two recessed openings with a sill that protrudes from the façade. The facing of the façade is smooth and is crowned with a cornice supported by corbels. The house was designed by the architect Antoni Pons i Domínguez.