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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.
We kindly invite you to help us improve the dissemination of Catalan architecture through this space. Here you can propose works and provide or amend information on authors, photographers and their work, along with adding comments. The Documentary Commission will analyze all data. Please do only fill in the fields you deem necessary to add or amend the information.
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.
Isolated house surrounded by a stone and brick wall. It is made up of two bodies: one on the main façade with a ground floor, first floor, a small tower and a small roof terrace, and one behind it, consisting of a ground floor, first floor and rooftop. The main façade is notable for its symmetry. The lintels of the ground-floor openings are decorated with plant-themed mouldings made of artificial stone. The glazed ceramic roof overhang on both the façade and the tower is interesting. Also interesting are the roof railing that forms small battlements and the wrought-iron railings on the balconies, as well as the decorative ceramic elements on the façade. The rear façade has a porch and terrace with an artificial stone railing.
This house was built by Enric Cucurella i Vidal. The construction was carried out in two stages: in the first one the ground floor was built, and in the second one the rest of the building was constructed.
In 1983, it was acquired by the town council and today it houses the municipal offices.
Carrer J. Mestre Lladós was developed at the beginning of the 20th century.
This building is part of the complex formed by the houses number 1,3,5,7.
Isolated building formed by two bodies, surrounded by a stone and brick wall. The two bodies are: one on the main façade with a ground floor, first floor, a small tower and a small roof terrace, and a second one behind it, consisting of ground floor, first floor and roof terrace. The main façade is notable for its symmetry. The lintels of the ground-floor openings are decorated with plant-themed mouldings made of artificial stone. The glazed ceramic roof overhang is interesting, both on the façade and on the tower. On the rear façade, the porch and the terrace with an artificial stone railing stand out.
The body of the main façade stands out with a small rooftop crowned by battlements and a roof overhang made of glazed ceramic, as well as a higher tower at the back.
The building was built around 1903 by Enric Cucurella Vidal. The construction was carried out in two stages: in the first one, which according to the municipal building permit dates from 1903, the ground floor was built, and in the second one, in the middle of the second decade of the 20th century, the rest of the building was constructed. In 1983, it was acquired by the City Council and was the seat of the Town Hall until 2008, when this service was moved to the new building erected on the site formerly occupied by the house of Cal Figueres.
The building is also known as Torre Cucurella.