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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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 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 Ornaque

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2019-2025 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse Viu

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Barcelona, 22/01/1881 - Lleida, 08/05/1962. Títol d'arquitecte: 1907. Fill del genial arquitecte modernista Lluís Domènech i Montaner, va ser l’autor de l’Estadi Olímpic de Barcelona per l’Exposició Internacional de 1929 i col·laborà en l’edificació del Palau Nacional de Montjuïc. Altres obres destacades són el celler de l’Espluga de Francolí i els pavellons de Santa Victòria, Sant Manel i l’Assumpció de l’Hospital de Sant Pau, construïts després de la mort del seu pare.

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  1. Jover Serra i Cia Factory

    Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Pere Domènech i Roura

    Jover Serra i Cia Factory

    The building designed by Domènech i Montaner follows the same structure that Josep Puig i Cadafalch used for the neighbouring Carbonell factory. The project consisted of two elongated naves arranged symmetrically with a building in between that provided the power for both buildings. In the end, however, it was only possible to build a 75 metre-long by a 15-metre wide nave, with a total of 1000 square metres. A diaphanous space with a height of more than 7 metres. The structure is made of iron beams arranged perpendicular to the length of the nave, forming corbels with a gable roof. The roof is supported by cast pillars located in the centre of the nave. The nave is accessed through four doors, one on each façade. It is a very sober construction. The side of the nave has a simple decorative moulding that frames the windows. The ends of the nave have two large circular medallions decorated with the image of a Latin sailing boat made of mosaic on either side of the door. The crowning of the building is followed by a fragmented frieze. At the ends of the nave were two closed rooms. In one there was the warehouse and in the other the offices. The Jover, Serra i Cia knitwear factory was founded in 1894. For this company, Isidre Jover Lavera and Francesc Xavier Serra Font joined forces and started the business in a house on Carrer Sant Benet. Five years later, as sales were going well, they decided to build a factory on the outskirts of town. They entrusted the project to the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, who worked together with his son, Pere Domènech i Roura. The works began in May 1900 and in September it was inaugurated. Despite the speed with which the works were carried out, the new factory was not occupied until 1903. In 1909, the factory was expanded. In any case, however, the twin nave that had been initially projected was not built. Two independent buildings were built, a warehouse and office and the other to house the machinery. It is the only industrial building designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
  2. Gasull House

    Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Pere Domènech i Roura

    Gasull House

    Domènech i Montaner construeix la casa Gasull uns deu anys més tard que la casa Rull, quan la sensibilitat més radical del modernisme havia deixat pas al gust més auster i refinat de la nova moda noucentista. Domènech havia de combinar un edifici d’habitatges de 882 metres quadrats, amb pisos de 8 metres d’alçària, amb els 1.000 metres quadrats destinats al magatzem d’oli i fruits secs que connecta el carrer de Sant Elies amb el carrer de Sardà i Cailà. La casa Gasull manté algunes reminiscències del modernisme més arrauxat en els esgrafiats i mosaics emprats en la decoració, si bé les línies generals són classicitzants, sense temes florals, vitralls ni decoració pètria.
  3. Font Montaner Family Pantheon

    Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Pere Domènech i Roura

    Font Montaner Family Pantheon

    In 1912, the shipowner Font Torres, Domènech's uncle, commissioned a family pantheon in the cemetery of Canet. The pantheon follows a neo-medieval style with Catalan Art Nouveau elements. The dome of the roof is covered with ceramic brittle. The interior is also highly decorated.
  4. Concurs Anual d'Edificis i Establiments Urbans

    Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Arquitectura - Millor Edifici Construït
    Former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

  5. Pere Mata Secondary School

    Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Pere Domènech i Roura

    Pere Mata Secondary School

    L’Institut Pere Mata és el fruit d’una iniciativa per adequar l’assistència als malalts mentals als nous procediments terapèutics que estaven sorgint a l’època. Domènech i Montaner entrà en contacte amb la Sociedad Manicomio de Reus a través del seu primer president, Pau Font de Rubinat, coreligionari de la Unió Catalanista. Domènech esbossa a l’Institut els criteris d’arquitectura hospitalària que pocs anys més tard desenvoluparia a l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, a Barcelona. Proposa un sistema de pavellons repartits per un gran jardí, de manera que cada pavelló pot acollir diferents malalts segons el tipus de malaltia, la classe social o el sexe. Tots els pavellons són d’obra vista amb sòcols de pedra poligonal, i totes les cobertes són de doble vessant, de teula àrab. Els emmarcaments de portes i finestres són de pedra calcària, més o menys treballada. De vegades s’aplica la ceràmica blanca i blava per decorar les façanes. En total són onze pavellons organitzats al voltant d’un pavelló central, tractat més profusament, que acull els serveis generals. Domènech desenvolupà el projecte sobre la base d’un coneixement a fons de les pràctiques terapèutiques i de les necessitats dels malalts.
  6. Domènech House

    Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Pere Domènech i Roura, Francesc Guàrdia i Vial

    Domènech House

    Domènech carried out a number of renovation projects for his political colleagues. Francesc Macià, a military engineer and politician who became president of the Generalitat, commissioned him to renovate the interior of his house in Lleida, the Macià chalet. It is the last work Domènech carried out in Canet de Mar. As was the case with most of his works of this period, he had the collaboration of his son Pedro and his son-in-law Francesc Guàrdia. The Domènech family had their second residence in Canet de Mar, in the old Rocosa country house. This building did not have enough space to house the architect's large family and his studio. In 1877, they bought two houses on the corner of Riera Gavarra and Riera de Buscarons, which were connected to the house by the rear courtyards. Masia Rocosa became the architect's office and workshop and the new building the family residence. A first unrealised project is preserved at the Fons Cabruja in Canet de Mar. In 1918, a building permit was requested for the renovation and restoration of the Domènech house of the project that was finally carried out. The original building, on a corner at the confluence of the two streams, was two small 17th-century buildings. The previous constructions were not demolished, but a large part of the walls were reused. Domènech went up again and redistributed and ennobled all the openings, adding a hall with exposed brick arches at the top and monumentalising the chamfered corner with a tribune decorated with floral and zoomorphic elements. Inside the house, all the rooms were renovated, ensuring that all the rooms had windows on the outside. A staircase with ceramic risers connects the ground floor with the first floor, leading to a double-height entrance hall. On the floor of this space is a walk-through skylight that brings light from the upper skylight to the ground floor. A spiral staircase connects this space with the perimeter balcony on the first floor. Several rooms in the building contain the plaster casts of some of the sculptural works in its buildings. In 1980, it was renovated to house a bank and an extension was built in the garden. After the transfer of all the buildings to the Town Council and a second refurbishment in 2011, it is now a facility that houses the Domènech i Montaner House-Museum in Canet de Mar.
  7. Reconstrucció de la Façana de la Capella de l’Hospital de Santa Marta al Pavelló Central de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau

    Pere Domènech i Roura

    Reconstrucció de la Façana de la Capella de l’Hospital de Santa Marta al Pavelló Central de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau

  8. Panteó a Jaume I

    Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Pere Domènech i Roura

    Panteó a Jaume I

    El 1906, la Comissió de Monuments de Tarragona va decidir encarregar a Domènech un mausoleu per dipositar-hi les despulles de Jaume I, que fins a la desamortització havien estat al Monestir de Poblet, i un altre per la resta dels membres de la casa reial d’Aragó, a la Catedral de Tarragona. El projecte converteix el sarcòfag en un vaixell amb baldaquí que navega sobre les aigües, realitzant el conjunt de nou metres d’altura amb pedra ricament ornamentada i decoracions ceràmiques amb nombroses referències històriques i heràldiques. El 1923, quan mor Domènech, l’obra no està acabada i se’n fa càrrec el seu fill, Pere Domènech. El 1952 Franco aprovar el trasllat de les despulles de Jaume I una altra vegada a Poblet, de manera que les peces ja construïdes del mausoleu, ara sense sentit es van mantenir emmagatzemades en un racó de la Catedral. Finalment el 1992 es van muntar el mausoleu en un dels patis interiors de l’Ajuntament de Tarragona, on es conserven actualment.
  9. Ampliació del Pavelló dels Safarejos de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau

    Pere Domènech i Roura

  10. Former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Pere Domènech i Roura

    Former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    At the end of the 19th century, the most important hospital in the city of Barcelona was the Santa Creu Hospital, located in a medieval building constructed for this purpose in Raval in 1401. It was maintained through charitable donations and support from the authorities. It should be noted that, in those days, only the poor went to hospital, as those who could afford it would call a doctor to their home. The mortality rate among patients admitted was very high, largely due to infections and contagion. By the end of the 19th century, the medieval hospital was inadequate for the population of Barcelona, and land was acquired in the Guinardó area to build a new hospital once sufficient funds were available. In 1896, the Catalan banker Pau Gil died in Paris and left part of his fortune for the construction of a hospital in his native city of Barcelona. The executors held a competition to select the best project based on medical and architectural criteria. In April 1900, the architects’ jury declared the project “Salud” by Josep Domènech i Estapà, who had designed the clinical hospital, as the winner. However, the medical jury left the competition without a declared winner. On the 19th of April 1901, at a meeting of the Administration Board of the Santa Creu, it was decided to entrust Lluís Domènech i Montaner with the joint project of two hospitals under a general plan for administration and operation, merging what was to be built with Pau Gil’s legacy and what Santa Creu needed. Original Project: In his project report, Domènech made it clear that he had conducted an in-depth study of a wide variety of hospitals, listing more than 240 hospitals worldwide, mainly in Europe, arranged alphabetically by city and citing the bibliography consulted for his study. In the archives of the Architects’ Association, there is a series of handwritten notes by Domènech with references to these hospitals and their bibliographic sources. Domènech synthesised all the proposals, adopting the layout of isolated pavilions (above ground) and underground connecting galleries, while maintaining large, generously proportioned rooms inspired by the Middle Ages, which were better suited to the Mediterranean climate than the lower, central European designs. The chosen site was far from the urban congestion of Barcelona but well-connected, located in Guinardó, on the outskirts of the 1860 Eixample Plan. It was bordered by four streets, which were scarcely urbanised at the start of construction. The plot had a considerable slope, with a 35-metre height difference from end to end (equivalent to 12 floors) and an area equivalent to nine Eixample blocks. The proposal included 145,500 m² for 1,000 patients, giving a ratio of 150 m² per patient, far exceeding the 130 recommended by the medical commission. The hospital complex did not follow the alignment of the Eixample grid but was rotated 45°, ensuring the longitudinal facades of the pavilions faced perfectly north-south. The complex envisioned a total of 48 buildings for various uses. The site was divided by two main avenues, 50 metres wide, crossing diagonally and structuring it into four quadrants. The slightly rectangular shape of the plot meant that the diagonals did not align with the four corners. There were 21 pavilions dedicated to nursing on either side of the grand central avenue, with each pavilion dedicated to various ailments. Around the perimeter of the site were pavilions designated for services requiring independent access from the perimeter streets (dispensary, church, machine rooms, laundries, workshops, children's hospital, water distribution tower, mortuary chapel) without crossing the main complex. All constructions demonstrated a clear unifying vision, using a rich array of glazed ceramic decorations on all exterior and interior surfaces. If there is a distinctive element in Domènech’s project, compared to the hospital references he studied, it is precisely this decorative richness. Administration Pavilion: This pavilion serves as the main entrance to the complex. The building has an almost symmetrical configuration, with a central section crowned by the clock tower, two side wings encompassing the front plaza, and two perpendicular end sections reaching the boundaries of the site. It has a ground floor, two upper floors, an attic under the roof, and a semi-basement with natural lighting and ventilation. Originally, it housed the administrative areas of the complex, with the east wing for medical functions: patient admissions, medical offices, and a library-museum; the west wing for administrative functions: accounting rooms, offices, general archive, and secretariat; and the central section—the heart of the complex—holding the most prominent features: the entrance porch, monumental staircase, main hall and clock tower. The representational nature of the building is accentuated by its extensive decorative programme and the superior quality of the materials used. In this regard, the Administration building is a tribute to the expressive possibilities of ceramics in architecture. A spectacular mosaic frieze runs along the facades of the side wings of the Pavilion, illustrating the history of the hospital institution from its origins to the construction of this new facility. Noteworthy is the use of exposed brick for the interior walls, combined with a grey block (lime mortar, not kiln-fired), without any final plaster finish, demonstrating Domènech’s emphasis on rational construction as stated in the project report. Standard Pavilions: On both sides of the central avenue are the nursing pavilions, of which six were built in this first phase and two more were completed in the next phase. They all follow a similar layout, with an entrance section adjacent to the main avenue, a longitudinal ward oriented north-south, and an administrative section facing the exterior. Domènech actually drew a single set of plans on tracing paper for the standard pavilions so that, for those positioned symmetrically, one only needed to flip the sheet. To enter, one passed through an entrance hall with a day room and services on either side, as well as administrative and sanitary service areas at the rear. The basement floor was initially designated for services and connected to the underground galleries. The large interior spaces, including flat-brick vaults, were fully decorated with a broad range of glazed or enamelled ceramic tiles, creating a great variety of textures and colours while ensuring hygiene. Ventilation and natural lighting were carefully studied and described in the project report, using ducts and chimneys within the structural elements. Artificial ventilation and heating systems were also planned, adapting the principles of hospital architecture of the time to the Mediterranean climate. Operations and Inspection Pavilion: The Sant Jordi and Santa Apol·lònia pavilions, located behind the Administration Pavilion and near the side entrances, were intended for the initial examination of incoming cases. They were not connected to the network of underground galleries to prevent contagion in case of infectious diseases. These pavilions have a single storey and consist of a main block with four cells accessible from a covered exterior gallery, and two end sections: one for the kitchen and staff room and the other for a bathroom and cleaning area. The final pavilion of this first phase is the operations house, which contained the operating theatres. It has a ground floor, two upper floors, and a basement connected to the site's galleries. The most significant feature of this building is its compact volume and the presence of three apsidal spaces with glass enclosures (walls and roofs) facing north, providing optimal natural lighting with diffused light for the operating theatres. Tunnels, Landscaping and Completion of Works: Beneath the entire site, a network of underground tunnels connected the different pavilions. One network connected the non-infectious area with general services, and a separate network connected the infectious area (except for isolation units). These underground galleries were designed with natural lighting and ventilation from above and included utility ducts leading to each independent building. The generous open spaces between buildings were designated for internal circulation routes and gardens. The landscaped areas resolved the topographical variations in an east-west direction. These terrain variations resulted in winding paths between the pavilions, with a summer garden (cool) to the north and a winter garden (sunny) to the south, featuring plant species of scientific and pharmaceutical interest, as well as aesthetic appeal. In 1902, the foundation stone was laid, although the project was not yet finished nor the works contracted. The bulk of the construction took place between 1905 and 1912, following the original design. By 1912, Pau Gil’s legacy was exhausted, and the executor prepared to transfer the unfinished pavilions to the Hospital of Santa Creu. While funding was sought, construction halted, leaving a high-quality architectural complex in the heart of the city, half-built and unable to function. Continuation of Construction: In 1914, work resumed, with significant financial difficulties, extending over 16 years as funding from the Santa Creu Board and various benefactors allowed (who would lend their names to the pavilions they helped build). Pere Domènech i Roura began to take a more prominent role in the project, though with austerity measures due to financial constraints. Adjustments were made to the plans of some buildings to fit this austerity, diluting their grandeur and lower-quality materials and decorative elements were used. Domènech i Montaner died on the 27th of December 1923, without seeing his work completed or in use. In the new pavilions, the ambitious initial project was abandoned, and new building types were developed in response to advances in medical science over the 20 years since the original project was drawn up. The pavilions in this second phase include the central pavilion, Sant Manel and Sant Rafel pavilions, the church and annexes, the Resurrection pavilion, the laundry pavilion, the machine house, the brickworks extension and the Sant Carles and Santa Victòria pavilions, all respecting the unique layout and character of the initial project. In 1930, the hospital was inaugurated as a modern facility, with 27 pavilions spread over 145,000 m². The City Council granted the title of Hospital of Santa Creu and Sant Pau in recognition of the integration of Pau Gil's legacy with that of the old medieval hospital.

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  • Detall d'un plafó ceràmic per a la decoració de façana de l'Institut Pere Mata.

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    Detall d'un plafó ceràmic per a la decoració de façana de l'Institut Pere Mata.

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  • Detall de l'anagrama de l'Institut Pere Mata.

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    Detall de l'anagrama de l'Institut Pere Mata.

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  • Perspectiva del recinte de l'Institut Pere Mata.

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    Perspectiva del recinte de l'Institut Pere Mata.

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  • Detall d'una escultura per a l'Institut Pere Mata.

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    Detall d'una escultura per a l'Institut Pere Mata.

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  • Perspectiva de l'interior de la sala de festes del Palau Nacional.

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    Perspectiva de l'interior de la sala de festes del Palau Nacional.

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  • Perspectiva interior del Saló dels Passos Perduts del Palau Nacional.

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    Perspectiva interior del Saló dels Passos Perduts del Palau Nacional.

  • Perspectiva de l'interior de l'escala d'honor del Palau Nacional.

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    Perspectiva de l'interior de l'escala d'honor del Palau Nacional.

  • Perspectiva interior del saló d'actes del Palau Nacional.

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    Perspectiva interior del saló d'actes del Palau Nacional.

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