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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.
Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque Directors arquitecturacatalana.cat
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Project by:
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Directors:
2019-2025Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque
Documental Commission:
2019-2025 Ramon FauraCarolina B. GarciaEduard CallísFrancesc RafatPau Albert Antoni López DaufíJoan FalguerasMercè BoschJaume FarrenyAnton PàmiesJuan Manuel ZaguirreJosep FerrandoFernando MarzáMoisés PuenteAureli MoraOmar Ornaque
Collaborators:
2019-2025Lluis AndreuSergi BallesterMaria Jesús QuinteroLucía M. VillodresMontse Viu
External Collaborators:
2019-2025Helena CepedaInès Martinel
With the support of:
Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura
Collaborating Entities:
ArquinFAD
Fundació 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
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.
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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.
The church has a cross plan with the bell tower attached to the west side and the apse to the east. The basic construction materials are stone and brick, and the roof is made of Arabic tiles. There are flying buttresses on the north and south walls, giving it the appearance of a Gothic church. Access to the interior is through the door located at the foot of the bell tower, at the west end. The sacristy is located in the south transept and can be accessed from the outside. The two arms of the transepts were added later to the original construction.
The conversion of the Casademunt country house into a tuberculosis sanatorium between 1931 and 1950 led to the construction of the church, with lines that imitate a Gothic temple – mainly the flying buttresses and buttresses –, as well as the slender lines and the steep slope of the roofs. The reddish tones of the bricks and stones used give it a Catalan Art Nouveau air. It forms an integral part of the country house complex, although it is completely free-standing. It has a curious appearance from the road, as the urban Gothic style it imitates is rare in the middle of the forest.
Source: Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya (IPAC)
House with a square floor plan, two storeys high, large proportions and a hip roof covered with Arabic tiles. The main façade faces east and the whole of the surrounding area is landscaped. The interior of the building meets the needs of a service house, with chambers and meeting rooms, with no other function. At the northwest end, a body of smaller proportions and lower in height than the original has been added, in which there is a gallery and a rooftop. The basic building materials are stone and tile, although there are numerous brick alterations (windows). Small towers can be seen on the third floor in the northwest and southeast corners.
Casademunt was built by French stonemasons around 1540. Subsequently, it underwent alterations, basically to the interior, in the mid-19th century, of which the Valencian tiles stand out. This happened when the house was owned by the Ponç family. Between 1931 and 1950 it was used as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. It is currently a place of rest and meditation, owned by a community of nuns. The complex is completed with a church and another building with residential functions to accommodate guests. It is in an excellent state of conservation and does not present any pathology worthy of note.
Mas Casademunt Church
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The church has a cross plan with the bell tower attached to the west side and the apse to the east. The basic construction materials are stone and brick, and the roof is made of Arabic tiles. There are flying buttresses on the north and south walls, giving it the appearance of a Gothic church. Access to the interior is through the door located at the foot of the bell tower, at the west end. The sacristy is located in the south transept and can be accessed from the outside. The two arms of the transepts were added later to the original construction.
The conversion of the Casademunt country house into a tuberculosis sanatorium between 1931 and 1950 led to the construction of the church, with lines that imitate a Gothic temple – mainly the flying buttresses and buttresses –, as well as the slender lines and the steep slope of the roofs. The reddish tones of the bricks and stones used give it a Catalan Art Nouveau air. It forms an integral part of the country house complex, although it is completely free-standing. It has a curious appearance from the road, as the urban Gothic style it imitates is rare in the middle of the forest.
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