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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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2019-2026 Aureli Mora i Omar OrnaqueDocumental Commission:
2019-2026 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 Gemma Ferré Inés de Rivera Fernando Marzá Moisés Puente Aureli Mora Omar OrnaqueCollaborators:
2019-2026 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Marianela Pla Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse ViuExternal Collaborators:
2019-2026 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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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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The Costa i Fornaguera Library is a civil building in the Noucentista style, built in the early 20th century.
It is a detached, rectangular building consisting of three distinct sections. The main section is in the centre, with a ground floor and first floor and a hipped roof, flanked on either side by a single-storey section with a gabled roof.
The façade of the main section opens onto the ground floor with three large stone semicircular arched porticos resting on smooth columns, between which there is a fence with striking wrought ironwork. Above the central portico is a relief coat of arms of Calella. The fence with its striking wrought ironwork has also been preserved.
On the first floor, there are three mixtilinear arched windows with a two-level sill with green glazed ceramic tiles, which are repeated in each of the side sections. The eaves are finished with interlocking ceramic tiles and terracotta vases protrude from the ridge. The exterior finish is plastered and painted, with stone panels on the corners and skirting.
The interior layout remains original, with a hall facing a double imperial-style staircase leading to the first floor, where the library is located.
The library is preserved in its original state. It is accessed through a wooden gate, above which is the loft. It is a spacious room with coffered ceilings and a frieze running along the top of the wall. The floor is covered with white and grey hydraulic tiles. On all four sides are the original wooden shelves, which can also be seen in the loft. Some of the original furniture is also preserved in good condition.
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