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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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2019-2025 Aureli Mora i Omar OrnaqueDocumental Commission:
2019-2025 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:
2019-2025 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse ViuExternal Collaborators:
2019-2025 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 building has a ground floor and two upper storeys, the top of which is located under the steeply sloping roofs. The stairwell is located next to the partition and the stairwell tower is a square-shaped lookout tower. The rear part of the building has a single storey with double height, with a horseshoe-shaped mezzanine that surrounds the double space illuminated by a large circular skylight. This rear part corresponds to the part of the old cinema that was preserved in the works that gave rise to the ground floor and two upper floors that face the promenade [Manresa Town Council Catalogue Entry].
In the early years of the 20th century, a building intended for use as a cinema was constructed at number 12 Passeig de Pere III. This building, named Cinematògraf Principal - also known as Ca l'Abadal - was designed by the architect Ignasi Oms Ponsa. In 1913, the building was bought by Josep Claret i Asols, a member of the Lliga Regionalista (the regionalist league's parliament). This building was used as the headquarters of the Casal Regionalista (Regionalist Centre), a Catalan nationalist association affiliated to the league. On 18 September 1913, Josep Claret applied for a licence to demolish and rebuild the first bay of the former Cinematògraf Principal building. The works involved demolishing the façade and the first structural bay of the Art Nouveau building designed by Ignasi Orna i Ponsa. In its place, a new structure with a new façade was built. These works were designed - apparently according to the existing documentation - by the architect from Barcelona Alexandre Soler i March. This new section, built at the front of the promenade, replacing the previous one, is the one that still exists today on this site. The new building, which further inside the first bay retained the interior layout of the old cinema, continued to be used as the headquarters of the Casal Regionalista until 1921 or 1922. In 1922 the building was bought by Banca Arnús. On 6 September 1923, Banca Arnús opened its branch in this building. The refurbishment of the building to house the branch was designed by Alexandre Soler i March. In 1952 the building passed into the hands of the Banco Central, which sold it to the Banco Popular Español in 1954. In 1958, the Banco Popular Español applied for a licence to carry out works on the building. These works would basically consist of modifying the openings and the glazed ceramic material on the ground floor façade of the building: the arched openings were removed so that the ground floor façade took on its current configuration [Manresa Town Council Catalogue Entry].
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The building has a ground floor and two upper storeys, the top of which is located under the steeply sloping roofs. The stairwell is located next to the partition and the stairwell tower is a square-shaped lookout tower. The rear part of the building has a single storey with double height, with a horseshoe-shaped mezzanine that surrounds the double space illuminated by a large circular skylight. This rear part corresponds to the part of the old cinema that was preserved in the works that gave rise to the ground floor and two upper floors that face the promenade [Manresa Town Council Catalogue Entry]. In the early years of the 20th century, a building intended for use as a cinema was constructed at number 12 Passeig de Pere III. This building, named Cinematògraf Principal - also known as Ca l'Abadal - was designed by the architect Ignasi Oms Ponsa. In 1913, the building was bought by Josep Claret i Asols, a member of the Lliga Regionalista (the regionalist league's parliament). This building was used as the headquarters of the Casal Regionalista (Regionalist Centre), a Catalan nationalist association affiliated to the league. On 18 September 1913, Josep Claret applied for a licence to demolish and rebuild the first bay of the former Cinematògraf Principal building. The works involved demolishing the façade and the first structural bay of the Art Nouveau building designed by Ignasi Orna i Ponsa. In its place, a new structure with a new façade was built. These works were designed - apparently according to the existing documentation - by the architect from Barcelona Alexandre Soler i March. This new section, built at the front of the promenade, replacing the previous one, is the one that still exists today on this site. The new building, which further inside the first bay retained the interior layout of the old cinema, continued to be used as the headquarters of the Casal Regionalista until 1921 or 1922. In 1922 the building was bought by Banca Arnús. On 6 September 1923, Banca Arnús opened its branch in this building. The refurbishment of the building to house the branch was designed by Alexandre Soler i March. In 1952 the building passed into the hands of the Banco Central, which sold it to the Banco Popular Español in 1954. In 1958, the Banco Popular Español applied for a licence to carry out works on the building. These works would basically consist of modifying the openings and the glazed ceramic material on the ground floor façade of the building: the arched openings were removed so that the ground floor façade took on its current configuration [Manresa Town Council Catalogue Entry]. -
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The building has a ground floor and two upper storeys, the top of which is located under the steeply sloping roofs. The stairwell is located next to the partition and the stairwell tower is a square-shaped lookout tower. The rear part of the building has a single storey with double height, with a horseshoe-shaped mezzanine that surrounds the double space illuminated by a large circular skylight. This rear part corresponds to the part of the old cinema that was preserved in the works that gave rise to the ground floor and two upper floors that face the promenade [Manresa Town Council Catalogue Entry]. In the early years of the 20th century, a building intended for use as a cinema was constructed at number 12 Passeig de Pere III. This building, named Cinematògraf Principal - also known as Ca l'Abadal - was designed by the architect Ignasi Oms Ponsa. In 1913, the building was bought by Josep Claret i Asols, a member of the Lliga Regionalista (the regionalist league's parliament). This building was used as the headquarters of the Casal Regionalista (Regionalist Centre), a Catalan nationalist association affiliated to the league. On 18 September 1913, Josep Claret applied for a licence to demolish and rebuild the first bay of the former Cinematògraf Principal building. The works involved demolishing the façade and the first structural bay of the Art Nouveau building designed by Ignasi Orna i Ponsa. In its place, a new structure with a new façade was built. These works were designed - apparently according to the existing documentation - by the architect from Barcelona Alexandre Soler i March. This new section, built at the front of the promenade, replacing the previous one, is the one that still exists today on this site. The new building, which further inside the first bay retained the interior layout of the old cinema, continued to be used as the headquarters of the Casal Regionalista until 1921 or 1922. In 1922 the building was bought by Banca Arnús. On 6 September 1923, Banca Arnús opened its branch in this building. The refurbishment of the building to house the branch was designed by Alexandre Soler i March. In 1952 the building passed into the hands of the Banco Central, which sold it to the Banco Popular Español in 1954. In 1958, the Banco Popular Español applied for a licence to carry out works on the building. These works would basically consist of modifying the openings and the glazed ceramic material on the ground floor façade of the building: the arched openings were removed so that the ground floor façade took on its current configuration [Manresa Town Council Catalogue Entry].
