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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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
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AMB
EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona
IEFC
Fundació Domènench Montaner.
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Esbós de la decoració de la Casa Lleó Morera.
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- Author:
- Lluís Domènech i Montaner
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- Date:
- 1903 - 1905
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- Drawing
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- Fonds / Held by:
- Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Esbós de la decoració de la Casa Lleó Morera.
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- Author:
- Lluís Domènech i Montaner
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- Date:
- 1903 - 1905
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- Type:
- Drawing
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- Fonds / Held by:
- Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Esbós de la decoració de la Casa Lleó Morera.
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- Author:
- Lluís Domènech i Montaner
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- Date:
- 1903 - 1905
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- Type:
- Drawing
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- Fonds / Held by:
- Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Memory
Domènech i Montaner’s original project included the refurbishment of a façade, but it ended up being a new building. This is the type of modernist house intended to house the owners on the main floor and leave two or three flats for rent. Domènech puts all his emphasis on breaking the repetitiveness of the vertical orders through the work of the stone, which in its variety is decisive in defining the enormously profuse aspect of the house. The architect emphasises the corner and gives a balanced character to the side façades, which are not the same width. Although it gives an aulic treatment to the main floor, the treatment of the two upper floors - with the large circular windows and the split balcony - denotes a desire to dignify the entire façade. The Lleó Morera House exemplifies the modernist ideal of the house at the time destined for rent that is shown in the city with a unique image.
In 1902, the León Morera family commissioned Domènech to renovate a building on Passeig de Gràcia from 1864, which they had inherited. Initially, he was only meant to carry out an interior renovation, but eventually, the façade was also monumentalised.
The plot has an irregular shape, as it is located on a corner with two sides of different lengths. The architect concealed the asymmetry by monumentalising the corner with a bay window and circular balconies, crowning its vertical axis with a stone pavilion topped with a small dome.
Eusebi Arnau’s stonework stands out, featuring numerous floral details, heraldic symbols, and female sculptures on various floors, showcasing the technological advancements of the time, such as the phonograph, electricity, the telephone and photography.
The interior decoration of the building, from the lobby to the main residence and even the upper floors intended for rent, is an impressive demonstration of applied arts. Domènech worked with his regular first-class collaborators, such as artisans Mario Maragliano and Lluís Bru for mosaics, Antoni Serra i Fiter for ceramics, Antoni Rigalt i Blanch for stained glass, and Gaspar Homar and Josep Pey for interior furnishings.
Part of the main floor's furniture has been preserved in the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) since 1967.
The building was completed in 1905 and won the first prize for Architecture awarded by the Barcelona City Council.
Over the years, the building suffered several mutilations. In 1937, one of the pavilions was heavily damaged by a projectile, and a renovation of the ground floor in 1943 (by architect Raimon Duran i Reynals) removed the skylights and the fantastic sculpteres by Eusebi Arnau. The heads of the muses are now in the Dalí Museum.
The Lleó Morera family maintained ownership until 1943, when the building was sold and passed through various entities. In 2006, it was acquired by the Grupo Núñez y Navarro, and the building was partially rehabilitated between 2006 and 2008. It is currently closed to the public.
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Lleó Morera House
Domènech i Montaner’s original project included the refurbishment of a façade, but it ended up being a new building. This is the type of modernist house intended to house the owners on the main floor and leave two or three flats for rent. Domènech puts all his emphasis on breaking the repetitiveness of the vertical orders through the work of the stone, which in its variety is decisive in defining the enormously profuse aspect of the house. The architect emphasises the corner and gives a balanced character to the side façades, which are not the same width. Although it gives an aulic treatment to the main floor, the treatment of the two upper floors - with the large circular windows and the split balcony - denotes a desire to dignify the entire façade. The Lleó Morera House exemplifies the modernist ideal of the house at the time destined for rent that is shown in the city with a unique image. -
Concurs Anual d'Edificis i Establiments Urbans
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Arquitectura - Millor Edifici ArtísticLleó Morera HousePremi Ciutat de Barcelona
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Restauració de FaçanesRestoration of the Façade and Remodelling of the Ground Floor of Lleó Morera HouseFAD Award
Finalist. Category: Interior DesignAesop StoreArchive
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Esbós de la decoració de la Casa Lleó Morera.
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Esbós de la decoració de la Casa Lleó Morera.
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Esbós de la decoració de la Casa Lleó Morera.
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