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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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2019-2024 Aureli Mora i Omar OrnaqueDocumental 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 OrnaqueCollaborators:
2019-2024 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse ViuExternal Collaborators:
2019-2024 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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Perspectiva de l'exterior del Palau Montaner.
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- 1889 - 1893
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- Drawing
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- Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Esbós de la decoració interior del Palau Montaner.
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- Date:
- 1889 - 1893
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- Drawing
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- Fonds / Held by:
- Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Arquitecte. Titulat el 1885. Tingué a Elies Rogent de professor a l’Escola d’Arquitectura per al que va treballar en la direcció d'obres de les instal·lacions de l'Exposició Universal de 1888, sobretot en el cafè-restaurant de Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Realitzà obres com els panteons La Riva a Barcelona o l’Arús a Vilassar de Mar; la Granja Garcia (1899) i l'Església a Cervelló, la Casa Gomis al Papiol, o la Casa Sicart a Barcelona
Source: Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Montaner Palace
Josep Domènech Estapà, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Antoni Maria Gallissà Soqué
The Palau Montaner, by the publisher Ramon Montaner, was begun in 1889 under the direction and design of Josep Domènech i Estapà. But due to disagreements with the owner, he ended up entrusting it to his nephew Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Domènech i Montaner did not alter the architectural structure of Domènech Estapà's palace-villa, which was already built on the ground floor and first floor, but he did decide to change the planned decoration of the façades and the interior. As can be seen in the photographs and plans of the Domènech legacy, one of the interventions on the exterior consisted of introducing a powerful eaves on the roof and a richly decorated ceramic frieze on the upper part. The decorative frieze had ornamental stone elements and ornamental elements of glazed ceramic and metallic reflections with floral and heraldic motifs and references to printing. Inside, he designed a majestic vestibule with an imperial staircase covered with a spectacular stained-glass skylight that floods the space with natural light. The entire palace is decorated with mosaics, sculptures, stained glass, upholstery and drapery and woodwork made in collaboration with Eusebi Arnau, Antoni Rigalt and Gaspar Homar, among others. He also had the help of his collaborator and friend Gallissà. It is currently the headquarters of the Government Delegation in Catalonia. -
Can Garcia
Josep Font i Gumà, Antoni Maria Gallissà Soqué
Manor house following a modernist style, with a square plan with basements and two floors and a turret topped by a conical spire covered with glazed ceramics. The portal is semi-circular with very wide stone lintels, just like the window frames. These are neo-Gothic style. The walls are made of stone and partly tiled. The façades are decorated with gargoyles. The roof is made of tiles with additions of glazing on the ridges and strips, and the cornice is worked with exposed masonry and majolica arcades. The roof is finished with battlements and two chimneys. On the tower is a green ceramic sign with the developer's name, "Garcia". The decoration of the building is inspired by elements of Gothic and Catalan rural architecture. Inside the building there is a large staircase with stone and marble steps - the final section is made of wood. A garden around the house completes the set, as well as non-detached annex buildings. The land of the farm previously belonged to Mas Font. Frederic García Illa, land owner and cement manufacturer of Vallirana, commissioned the construction of this building in 1899 as a residence - not as an agricultural holding, despite the name "farm". The architect was Antoni Maria Gallisà and the works were finished in 1900. The basements were designed by the architect Josep Font i Gumà. The house and the complex were acquired by Joan Giménez Yebra in the 1960s. -
Can Pedrerol de Baix
The manor house dates back to 1640 and was refurbished at the beginning of the 20th century following modernist guidelines. It was extended with an attached body and is characterised by the ingot work that provides it with a great decorative character. Ceramic elements have also been used. This decoration focuses mainly on the composition of windows. It is covered by a gable roof. Next to the house there is a modernist-style cellar with entrance arches and internal stone arches, and on the same estate, we find the small hermitage of Sant Quintí.
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Perspectiva de l'exterior del Palau Montaner.
Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Esbós de la decoració interior del Palau Montaner.
Arxiu Històric del COAC
