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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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2019-2025 Aureli Mora i Omar OrnaqueDocumental Commission:
2019-2025 Ramon Faura Carolina B. Garcia Eduard Callís Francesc Rafat Pau Albert Antoni López Daufí Joan Falgueras Mercè Bosch Jaume Farreny Anton Pàmies Juan Manuel Zaguirre Josep Ferrando Fernando Marzá Moisés Puente Aureli Mora Omar OrnaqueCollaborators:
2019-2025 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse ViuExternal Collaborators:
2019-2025 Helena Cepeda Inès MartinelWith the support of:
Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de CulturaCollaborating Entities:
ArquinFADFundació Mies van der Rohe
Fundación DOCOMOMO Ibérico
Basílica de la Sagrada Família
Museu del Disseny de Barcelona
Fomento
AMB
EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona
IEFC
Fundació Domènench Montaner.
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Casino Foment d'Igualada
One-storey building. Rectangular in shape. The façade is made up of three axes of openings. In the lower part there is a large doorway with a round arch and two windows on either side, also with round arches. The first floor has three openings and a single iron balcony, each crowned by a pediment. Aesthetically it belongs to the Neoclassical period, strongly marked by the pediments on the façade. Inside, the decoration we see today is from the 1920s. The ceiling with its floral plaster mouldings is still preserved, as are the mural paintings by Vilumara and Alarma. The staircase at the entrance is worth mentioning, as it takes you up to the level of the street. Between 1918 and 1925, the majority of the Casino's shares were acquired by Mutua Igualadina, which became the owner of the building. In 1982 it was acquired by the members through shares. -
Igualada Working Class Cultural Association
Pau Riera i Galtés, Pau Salvat i Espasa
One-storey building. The façade is divided into three sections - a central section with three doorways and three windows, and two side sections with four openings each. Once up the entrance stairs, we find ourselves in a large atrium, formerly a theatre, which now serves as a hallway leading to the different rooms: library, theatre, café and office. Art Nouveau leaded glass windows above the doors alternate floral representations with allegories of the organisation. The theatre, attributed to the architect Pau Salvat i Espasa, is the most important room. Structurally, it is horseshoe-shaped and consists of a stalls area and two floors. The decorative features include the frieze surrounding the ceiling and the iron railings, designed by the Igualada-born set designer Pere Valls i Bofarull. Outside, the Municipal School of Music is located to the left of the building and the garden is to the right, with a fountain decorated with trencadís mosaic. The Athenaeum was founded in the heat of the romantic progressivism that was in vogue in Catalonia during the second half of the last century, and its combination of cultural, educational and recreational activities played a fundamental role in spreading progressive ideas and popular culture. After the fire that destroyed the old headquarters in 1873, the current building was constructed in 1877. In the 19th century, it ran a primary school, a theatre and a library. Between 1919 and 1935, the organisation gained momentum with the establishment of a school group linked to the Catalan educational movement, a music conservatory, a weaving school and a sports ground. After 1939, the national forces seized the building and it was renamed the ‘National Centre’. -
Habitatge al Carrer Soledat 53
En la façana trobem uns esgrafiats que recorren la part superior de les obertures, resseguint una cornisa que en separa i marca els pisos en la façana. Aquest esgrafiats són de tipus geomètrics floral i deixen entreveure la influència de la secció vienesa. Pel que fa referència a l'estructura, hi podem observar la influència de l'arquitectura de Pau Salvat (que en aquells any era arquitecte municipal sense remuneració), ja que en els dos pisos les obertures són fetes amb arc salmejats. L'interior de l'edifici trobem uns esgrafiats en el sòcol de tipus geomètric centrat en una flor esquematitzada. L'edifici és coronat per una mena de merlets que presenten esgrafiats, estan units entre ells per unes baranes treballades a l'estil de l'època. Promotor de l'obra: Josep Biosca i Vila -
Cal Perico
Residential building constructed with stone blocks, rectangular in shape and three stories high. On the first floor, the balcony stands out with three large windows and an iron railing featuring floral decorations. On the second floor, the balcony is divided into three sections, as is the decorated iron railing. On the top floor, the iron railings disappear to make way for small double-arched windows with a small Corinthian column in the centre. Also noteworthy is the stone relief decoration with floral motifs that is distributed throughout the building and is particularly prominent on the top floor. This old building was given a new façade in 1920. -
Convent of Saint Augustine
A school building with a ground floor and two upper floors, remodelled from the former Augustinian convent, to which a floor was added in 1905. Due to its large size—it occupies one entire side of the square—once the square was configured, the rhythm of the windows was interrupted by the two elements at the end and by the central element, consisting of three arches on pilasters with floral capitals. The latter, in the central section, is taller and topped with a coat of arms surrounded by plant motifs and crowned by a wrought iron element that houses the clock bell. This clock on the façade was installed by the clockmaker Salvador Nadal, who also built the clock at the old railway station. On the right wing of the building, and forming part of it, is the Church of La Pietat. Church of La Pietat This is a single-nave church, although the gaps between the side altars give it the appearance of three naves. The most important part is the chapel, which contains murals painted by J. Torras i Viver in 1959. It is located at the far right of the Pia School and is attached to it. This means that the façade, built at the same time (1908), follows the same layout as the main building. It is structured in three bands delimited by false stone pilasters crowned with capitals reminiscent of the neoclassical style. In the central part, there is a pointed arch entrance door. It is a false façade that rises above the roof and in the centre there is a bell gable. In 1835, the Royal College of the Pious Schools located on Carrer Nou was closed and the Piarists left the city. In 1835, they returned to Igualada and settled in the former Augustinian convent, where they opened the school that same year. In 1905, a renovation was carried out, promoted by Father Rector Pere Villar. -
Dwellings on Rambla Nova, 27
The façade features floral sgraffito covering the last two floors. The motif is a fleur-de-lis surrounded by curved lines with foliage. In addition to this decoration, the building also has doors decorated with asymmetrical pseudo-floral borders and sgraffito on the entrance plinth. The staircase railing is also decorated, creating a rather remarkable ensemble. The wrought ironwork on the balconies and rooftop railings is also noteworthy. Developer: Aleix Gabarró, merchant. -
Munguet House
Two-storey house. The façade follows a compositional rhythm of openings – three on each floor – thus defining three main axes. The central axis is larger and rises one more floor. On the first floor, the balconies have a continuous railing. It is decorated with plaster mouldings on the first floor thresholds and on the balconies (corbels). On the second floor the balconies are also decorated with plasterwork arches. PAU RIERA I GALTÉS. Master builder born in Igualada. He built the Casadesús house and the façade of the Escola Pía, among other works. Work promoted by Mariano Munguet i Mullerachs.