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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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:
Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de CulturaCollaborating Entities:
ArquinFADFundació Mies van der Rohe
Fundación DOCOMOMO Ibérico
Arxiu Mas
Basílica de la Sagrada Família
Museu del Disseny de Barcelona
EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona
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The Arxiu Històric del Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya is one of the most important documentation centers in Europe, which houses the professional collections of more than 180 architects whose work is fundamental to understanding the history of Catalan architecture. By filling this form, you can request digital copies of the documents for which the Arxiu Històric del Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya manages the exploitation of the author's rights, as well as those in the public domain. Once the application has been made, the Arxiu Històric del Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya will send you an approximate budget, which varies in terms of each use and purpose.
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Can Casas
Edifici entre mitgeres que consta de planta baixa i dos pisos amb teulada a doble vessant que té el carener paral·lel a la façana principal. A la planta baixa s'obren dues grans portes d'arc de mig punt fetes en maó; el parament d'aquest pis està arrebossat i imita carreus de pedra. Entre la planta baixa i el primer pis hi ha una franja de ceràmica amb diferents motius i que fa servir els colors blau, groc, verd i blanc; aquesta mateixa franja es repeteix en la separació entre el primer i el segon pis. Al primer pis es troben dues finestres dobles fetes amb arcs escalonats i en l'espai que queda enmig dels dos arcs de cada finestra hi ha una placa de ceràmica, a més a més, una motllura llisa emmarca cada finestra. En aquest pis el parament és de maó vist. El segon pis és igual al primer. Entre les finestres del primer pis hi ha una imatge en ceràmica de la Verge de Montserrat. Edifici de l'any 1904 promogut per Macari Golferichs. En origen era de planta i baixa i un pis però en una remodelació posterior es va afegir la segona planta. -
Casa Josep Oliveras
Edifici de planta baixa i dos pisos, de finals de la primera dècada del segle XX, que combina elements noucentistes i elements modernistes. Al centre de la planta baixa s'obre la porta d'arc rebaixat amb les inicials J.O. inscrites a la clau; el parament que envolta la porta esta encoixinat. A banda i banda hi ha dues finestres geminades que tenen la part superior decorada amb relleus vegetals. Al primer pis hi ha quatre portes amb quatre balcons de ferro; totes les obertures tenen la llinda decorada amb relleus. Separant el primer i el segon pis hi ha uns medallons amb motius florals. Al segon pis torna a haver quatre obertures però en aquest cas només hi ha un balcó al que donen les dos obertures centrals; en aquest pis les obertures tornen a ser allinades i tenen relleus vegetals a la part superior. Coronant la façana hi ha una cornisa sostinguda per mènsules i a sobre es troba un frontó semicircular, amb un ornament floral al timpà, i per darrera el mur de tancament del terrat. El vestíbul de l'edifici està decorat amb esgrafiats, estucats de motius florals i caps femenins a les mènsules. L'any 1907 es va començar el segon Eixample de la Vila Vella, que ja començava a ser un espai massa limitat per a les necessitats del moment, amb l'obertura de la Rambla Just Oliveres. Inicialment havia de ser el carrer "residencial" i d'avantguarda, ja que es van edificar magnífics exemples de modernisme (cases barates, casa Sabadell, etc) i també, més endavant, alguns exemples de racionalisme (casa Santfeliu, Banc Central, etc.). Actualment continua essent un dels eixos més importants de la vida social de L'Hospitalet. -
Joan Batlle House
House with a rectangular floor plan, with a basement, one floor and roof. In the main façade there are three openings on the ground floor which, originally, were a door in the centre and a window on either side, but nowadays, the window on the right has become a door. The three openings are of lowered arch and are followed by a smooth moulding. On the first floor, on the same axis as the lower openings, there are three balconies. The openings leading to the balconies are of lowered arch and have the upper part decorated with plant motifs in plaster, just like the corbels that support the balconies. The balcony grates are wrought iron with a curved bottom. The roof rail consists of an alternation of rounded pillars and iron railing. The façade facing Tarragona Street has similar characteristics, with four openings per floor. At the back of the house, there was previously a garden, but it is now a garage. Built around 1908, it was initially intended for housing, then it was a kindergarten, and it is currently the headquarters of a bank.