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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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

Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque
Directors arquitecturacatalana.cat

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2019-2023 Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque

Documental Commission:

2019-2023 Ramon Faura Carolina B. Garcia Francesc Rafat Antoni López Daufí Joan Falgueras Anton Pàmies Mercè Bosch Josep Ferrando Fernando Marzá Aureli Mora Omar Ornaque

External Collaborators:

2019-2023 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Helena Cepeda Inès Martinel Maria Jesús Quintero

With the support of:

Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura

Collaborating Entities:

ArquinFAD

 

Fundació 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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edittio Nubilum
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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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It is a 21-storey building, made up of four large independent bodies. The main body is located in the chamfer and is a tower that provides the main access to the building.

The structure of the building is made of reinforced concrete, which gives a sense of uniformity. The façade is decorated with Galician granite and Montjuïc stone. In elevation, it has a clear influence of the Chicago School: the openings are symmetrically distributed throughout the façade and it has a plinth along the entire ground floor, concentrating the only decoration on the main entrance. To give more solemnity, some columns of classical order were placed, and two sculptural groups and statues were added as ornamentation.

As for the ground floor, there is a passage with access from Passeig de Gràcia or from Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes and connects to the performance hall, as well as giving access to the other three bodies. In the upper corner of this passage is an open interior courtyard, which provides this interior space with natural light.

Source: Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya (IPAC)

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  • Perspectiva de la Seu del Banc Vitalici d'Espanya a Barcelona.

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    Perspectiva de la Seu del Banc Vitalici d'Espanya a Barcelona.

    © Fons Lluís Bonet i Garí / Arxiu Històric del COAC

  • Axonometria en Color del Vestíbul d'Accés a la Seu del Banc Vitalici d'Espanya a Barcelona.

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    Axonometria en Color del Vestíbul d'Accés a la Seu del Banc Vitalici d'Espanya a Barcelona.

    © Fons Lluís Bonet i Garí / Arxiu Històric del COAC

  • Axonometria del Vestíbul d'Accés a la Seu del Banc Vitalici d'Espanya a Barcelona.

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    Axonometria del Vestíbul d'Accés a la Seu del Banc Vitalici d'Espanya a Barcelona.

    © Fons Lluís Bonet i Garí / Arxiu Històric del COAC

  • Perspectiva de la Galeria Condal, als baixos de la Seu del Banc Vitalici d'Espanya a Barcelona.

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    Perspectiva de la Galeria Condal, als baixos de la Seu del Banc Vitalici d'Espanya a Barcelona.

    © Fons Lluís Bonet i Garí / Arxiu Històric del COAC