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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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

2019-2024 Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque

Documental Commission:

2019-2024 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

Collaborators:

2019-2024 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse Viu

External Collaborators:

2019-2024 Helena Cepeda Inès Martinel

With the support of:

Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura

Collaborating Entities:

ArquinFAD

 

Fundació 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.

Design & Development:

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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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  • Cal Marquès

    autoria desconeguda

    Civil building Set of stately buildings with typically neoclassical features. Formed essentially by a body with an eight-sided polygonal plan, in the centre of which stands a large lantern tower, also octagonal in shape and which due to its dimensions is practically a dome intended for interior lighting. On each side of the drum there is an elliptical opening and is covered by an eight-sided roof. The ternary structure used in each of the complex's façades is worth noting: a semicircular arch in the middle and architraves on the sides (Venetian architecture). The use of columns with Corinthian capitals for the porches, balustrades, hydrias and antefixes that decorate both the building and the garden that surrounds it is interesting, with a marked neoclassical taste. The building is accessed by a large staircase.

    1870

  • Can Bertran

    autoria desconeguda

    1886

  • Governor's Tower. Piarists of Alella

    General Guitart i Lostaló

    Governor's Tower. Piarists of Alella

    A group of civil buildings, currently owned by the Piarists, made up of many outbuildings, among which there are often no stylistic relationships. One of the characteristics of the complex is its strong eclecticism: from a neoclassical to neo-Gothic façade mixed with neo-Arabic elements; classical columns supporting horseshoe arches; use of brick combined with the use of stone and flat roofs with pinnacles; and classical sculptures coexisting with modernist lampposts. The complex is surrounded by a large garden which also shares its general characteristics – alongside the French-style cypress trees, there are palm trees. Originally there was Mas Torrella, dating from the 14th century. At the end of the 19th century, in 1890, the property passed into the hands of Antoni Borrell, who left it to the Pious Schools when he died. Antoni Borrell, Governor of Catalonia, was the one who ordered the construction of the current building.

    1890

  • Cal Boter

    autoria desconeguda

    1902

  • 1907

  • Can Sanmiquel

    autoria desconeguda

    1914

  • 1977 - 1980

  • 1983

  • Hidalgo House

    Garcés -Sòria Arquitectes, Jordi Garcés i Brusés, Enric Sòria i Badia

    Hidalgo House

    Detached house on a large sloping plot very well oriented regarding the sun and views that reach the sea. The house is resolved formally with the abstract game of the three volumes and the three large double-height windows that relate to each other through the variable rhythm of their relative positions, giving the image of a privileged vantage point. The external cubic rigidity is diluted in the interior where the space is continuous and fluid, recalling the original geometric composition when encountering the façade planes, which limit the built volume with the presence of their large openings.

    1984 - 1987

  • Alta Alella Wine Tourism Centre

    Soldevila Soldevila Soldevila Arquitectes, Alfons Soldevila Barbosa, David Soldevila Riera

    Alta Alella Wine Tourism Centre

    Situation. The centre is located in a valley, between the municipalities of Tiana and Alella, in the Alta Alella Project wine estate. The main objective was the construction of a wine tourism, reception, tasting and sales centre. It is a reference building integrated into a privileged landscape, surrounded by vineyards and with views over the Mediterranean. The building is arranged on an old agricultural pond, where, while taking advantage of an existing adjoining beam, a cover is supported on a large wooden deck. A green cover in the central part and vine or pergola at the ends, which qualifies with different degrees of shadow and textures, as well as with different spaces. It is a building made with very few resources which aims to integrate and collect the essence of the place (Maresme), of the land (granite), and of the product that is produced there (wine and cava). Goal. Provide a background where you can enjoy and taste good wine surrounded by vineyards.

    2011

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