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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.
In 1909, Gaudí designed and built the temporary schools of the Sagrada Família with the aim of educating the children of the neighbourhood who grew up around the temple and the children of the construction workers.
Located within the site of the temple, the work was originally built on the corner of Sardenya and Mallorca Streets. The building is characterised by the ingenious use of regular surfaces – in this case conoids – which allow the construction of a resistant building with a shortage of materials. The schools were admired by Le Corbusier, who made a sketch of them during his visit in 1928.
The schools were damaged at the beginning of the war and were consequently rebuilt after two years, in the middle of the civil war. In 2002, they were moved to the side of the cloister on Sardenya Street, to allow the construction of the naves. The original materials of the roof structure, which had not been able to be replicated during the 1938 intervention, were restored.
The temporary school building of the Sagrada Familia is a Cultural Asset of Local Interest.
Francesc de Paula del Villar i Lozano
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Domènec Sugrañes Gras
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Francesc de Paula Quintana Vidal
Lluís Bonet i Garí, Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Isidre Puig Boada
Francesc de Paula Cardoner i Blanch, Antoni Gaudí i Cornet
Josep Maria Subirachs i Sitjar
Jordi Bonet i Armengol, Antoni Gaudí i Cornet
Jordi Faulí, Antoni Gaudí i Cornet
Set Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família