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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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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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Ca l'Artigas
Building between partitions, with a ground floor and two storeys, with a flat roof. On the ground floor, with a symmetrical composition, there are three doors with sinuous arches, the central one being wider. On the first floor there is a continuous balcony with an iron railing, supported by four large brackets. The two openings on this floor are rectangular and have mouldings on the upper part with figurative and floral elements. The first floor consists of three rectangular openings, with sills decorated with a floral garland, above which there are blind semicircular cards. The composition of the façade is completed with a sinuous finial, similar to that of the doors on the ground floor, framed by a beading. The rear façade has stepped terraces. In 1900, the owner of the building at Carrer de la Llibertat, 37, Antoni Pascual, applied for planning permission to renovate the façade, according to a project by the master builder Gaietà Miret. The renovation was limited to the façade, whose structure and decorative elements were fully in keeping with the Catalan Art Nouveau style, which was so widespread in Vilanova at the time and which, in this case, is shown in its most popular form. -
Manuel Planas Carbonell House
Building between partitions with a ground floor and two floors, on the corner of Carrer Illa de Cuba and Carrer Sant Gaudenci. The chamfered corner is resolved by means of a tribune which occupies the two floors, with interesting coloured glass. The openings on the floors are balconies with iron railings and framed at the top by mouldings with floral decoration. The building ends in straight lines with stylised arched pediments with centred palmette. On the façade facing Carrer Sant Gaudenci there is a covered gallery with a large rounded window. The documentation found on this building is not sufficiently explicit. The inventory file of the Architects' Association of Barcelona attributes the work to the master builder Gaietà Miret i Reventós and places its construction in 1908. On the other hand, the Sitges Municipal Archive preserves a plan of the project (with the name "Casa Ollé") signed by the architect Josep Pujol i Brull in 1907. It is possible that, for some reason, the master builder Gaietà Miret was commissioned to carry out J. Pujol's original project. A few years ago, the house was in a considerable state of neglect, but it has now been refurbished. In any case, the works corresponding to these dates seem to have been carried out on a pre-existing building constructed in 1881. -
Can Joan Olivella
Building between partitions with ground floor, two floors and attic. The façade has a symmetrical composition. The ground floor has been completely renovated. On the first floor there is a continuous balcony with a wrought-iron railing and two sinuous arched openings with a plain moulding. The first floor has two balconies with openings identical to those on the first floor. On the third floor, a large window with curved mouldings occupies the entire façade. This floor, which is the result of the extension carried out in 1910, is crowned by an element that complements the window. Overall, the characteristic feature of the Olivella house is the use of decorative mouldings that emphasise the sinuous forms of the façade. The building is covered by a gable roof and there is also a rooftop terrace at the back. Today, the building has lost its function as a home and has been converted into the social premises of a sports club.