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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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
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2019-2025 Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque

Documental 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 Ornaque

Collaborators:

2019-2025 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse Viu

External Collaborators:

2019-2025 Helena Cepeda Inès Martinel

With the support of:

Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura

 

Fundació 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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  • Cal Barons

    Roc Cot i Cot

    Cal Barons

    Casa entre mitgeres estructurada en planta baixa i dos pisos superiors. Destaca el parament, fet de maó, amb relleu al voltant de totes les obertures, creant una animació muraria força característica. A la planta baixa hi ha un local comercial amb dues grans entrades, dos arcs escarsers. L'entrada de l'habitatge és un arc rebaixat que sobre seu el maó dibuixa formes triangulars. Als pisos superiors trobem tres obertures a cada pis, dues d'elles balcons amb barana de ferro forjat inspirada en motius vegetals ondulants. L'edifici és rematat per una sanefa, record de les dents de serra romàniques. A la mènsula de pera centrada al primer balcó hi figura gravada la data de 1905.

    1905

  • Cal de Martín

    Ignasi M. Colomer i Oms

    Cal de Martín

    The house has a ground floor and three upper floors with façades facing the Ronda de Queralt and the Passeig de Les Estaselles. The house corresponds to an early 20th century construction, parallel to the construction of the casino next door. On the ground floor, it combines stone with the red brick of the windows and the plastering of the different parts. A single-storey turreted structure on one side with battlements stands out. The most interesting part of the façade is the arrangement of the openings and their modulation, as well as the glazed tribune. This façade contrasts sharply with the rear façade, where the layout of the floors is clearly visible, with balconies on each floor. The house is the work of the architect Ignasi M. Colomer and was built in 1913. It is owned by the Martín family, who since the end of the 18th century have held the title of lords and noble coat of arms as direct descendants of the Barons of Balsereny.

    1913

  • Berguedà Casino

    Ignasi M. Colomer i Oms, Roc Cot i Cot

    Berguedà Casino

    Building located on the corner of a steep street that includes a cinema in one wing and a café and restaurant in the other. The façade has a masonry-style stone plinth and the upper part is covered with decorative motifs in the upper areas and the sills of the openings with tiles, with some elements in brick. The roof is made of Arabic tile. It is structured on a single floor and the most characteristic element is perhaps the shape of the openings, false pointed arches made by approximating courses. Roc Cot started the project and Ignasi Colomer continued it. It dates from 1913 and different architects participated. The first project was by the master builder Francesc Joan Canal (1902), later remodelled by the architect Roc Cot i Cot and definitively finished by the architect Ignasi M. Colomer in 1913. The building was refurbished in 1940 and again in 1955 when it was converted into a cinema. The current staircase, the entrance hall which is used as an exhibition room and the remodelling of the auditorium which removed the balconies and the interior decoration are all part of these refurbishments.
  • Chapel of the Holy Cave in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Queralt

    Josep Maria Forcada i Sors

    Chapel of the Holy Cave in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Queralt

    The first chapel where the Virgin of Queralt was venerated was the same cave where she was found; hence, at the beginning of the 20th century, given the poor state it was in, it was decided to build a new cave. The initiative was of Father Joan Postius, a missionary of the Heart of Mary and organiser of the Coronation of 1916. Work began in 1916, and in 1920 only the staircase remained. The design of the Holy Cave was the work of Josep Maria Forcada, also a missionary of the Heart of Mary. The chapel is a small oratory attached to the rock of Queralt, with two distinct parts. The lower part, with a series of semicircular arches supported by large pillars of well-worked stone and lined with concrete and cement with several benches, and the upper part of the cave, which has a structure of natural stone from the Queralt mountain range. A series of oculi scattered along the wall and a semicircular entrance enclosed by a grille illuminate the interior.

    1916

  • 1924

  • Casa Tomàs Pujol

    Emili Porta i Galobart

    Casa Tomàs Pujol

    La intervenció d'Emili Porta consistí en reformar una casa de cos entre mitgeres del segle XIX, força envellida. L'edifici resultant té la façana construïda en maó vist, limitada de dalt a baix per un cadenat que imita carreus. A la planta baixa, es forma un gran arc de mig punt amb arquivoltes de maó que encabeix la porta d'accés i un aparador. El primer pis té dues obertures amb balcons individuals i, el segon pis, té dues obertures amb un balcó corregut. Al tercer pis es forma una galeria de finestres tripartides en arc rodó protegit amb guardapols motllurat. Les baranes dels balcons són de barrots de ferro enroscats i les llosanes estan formades per rajoles vidriades de cartabó blanc i verd i suportades per tornapuntes de ferro.

    1925

  • 1930

  • Joan Ramon Selgas House

    Alexandre Soler i March

    Joan Ramon Selgas House

    Building between partitions located in Carrer del Roser. The building consists of a ground floor, two storeys and an attic. Catalan Art Nouveau influences are evident in the composition of the façade, in the construction materials and, especially, in the profusion of decorative elements used (oval window, iron grilles and stained-glass windows). The house was renovated in the early 1930s, when its height was increased and the first floor was raised, with the characteristic tribune protruding from the profile. The crowning of the façade is also noteworthy, with a gable with a mixed composition and portholes. This building is attributed to Alexandre Soler i March, although this attribution is not entirely certain. In 1931, its owner, Joan Ramon Selgas, commissioned Josep Marfà to renovate the house, who respected the original style of the house to a great extent. For some years, the ground floor of the building housed the post office.

    1931

  • 1966

  • 1998 - 2000

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