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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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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

Collaborating Entities:

ArquinFAD

 

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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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.

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  • Can Cucurella

    Miquel Casals Isart

    Can Cucurella

    Isolated house surrounded by a stone and brick wall. It is made up of two bodies: one on the main façade with a ground floor, first floor, a small tower and a small roof terrace, and one behind it, consisting of a ground floor, first floor and rooftop. The main façade is notable for its symmetry. The lintels of the ground-floor openings are decorated with plant-themed mouldings made of artificial stone. The glazed ceramic roof overhang on both the façade and the tower is interesting. Also interesting are the roof railing that forms small battlements and the wrought-iron railings on the balconies, as well as the decorative ceramic elements on the façade. The rear façade has a porch and terrace with an artificial stone railing. This house was built by Enric Cucurella i Vidal. The construction was carried out in two stages: in the first one the ground floor was built, and in the second one the rest of the building was constructed. In 1983, it was acquired by the town council and today it houses the municipal offices. Carrer J. Mestre Lladós was developed at the beginning of the 20th century. This building is part of the complex formed by the houses number 1,3,5,7.

    1903

  • Escoles Nacionals

    Josep Domènech Mansana

    Escoles Nacionals

    Edifici de planta baixa i pis . teulada a dues vessants . en la façana s'observa una composició que reflecteix la simetria de l'edifici. A la planta baixa hi ha dues entrades que donen pas a dues aules i escales d'accés. els portals d'entrada i quasi tota l'alçada de la 1ª planta estat realitzats amb maó vist i la resta de la façana és estucada. Destaquen: el treball de maó en les obertures de les dues plantes i les decoracions de ceràmica. La façana s'acaba amb un frontó on s'hi inscriu l'escut del poble dels Hostalets fet amb pedra artificial . a les façana laterals s'hi obren finestres i se segueix el mateix sistema de composició. Hi ha un cos adossat a la façana posterior que és de construcció més recent. El terrens eren propietat de Pere Pujol. L'edifici ha estat reformat. A la planta primera on inicialment hi havia les vivendes dels mestres ara hi ha aules. S'ha conservat la distribució del es escales interiors i tot l'exterior de l'edifici. El carrer J. Mestre Ladós va ser urbanitzat a primers del s.XX. Aquest edifiqui forma part d'un conjunt format pels de les cases nº 1,3,5,7.

    1919

  • Casal Català

    Josep Goday i Casals

    Casal Català

    The complex consists of several single-storey buildings: café-lounge, theatre, outbuildings and terrace. The main body is notable for its great height – it has a façade facing the street, with a large tripartite window, and the garden, where there are large windows with rounded arches. The ground plan is rectangular, with a gable roof that generates the shape of a pediment. On the main façade there are sgraffiti depicting musical angels and, above the central oculus, the coat of arms with the four bars surrounded by laurels and garlands. The corners of the building are crowned with terracotta jugs. In contrast, the façade of the theatre building is more austere. The pediment is more accentuated, and on either side, fluted pilasters delimit the width of the façade. The sgraffito is found in the central area of the gable, which bears the year of its construction. Here, too, the corners are crowned with terracotta jugs. The large stone plinth, which also forms the garden fence and links up with that of house no. 28, is particularly noteworthy. The original project was not fully carried out. The Casal Català was founded on the initiative of the Hostalenca Regionalist Union, created in 1918, which through Joan Vallès, Joan Subirats, Casimir Orriols and Enric Cucurella financed its construction, which was commissioned to the architect Josep Goday in 1924. In 1926, in the month of July, the house was inaugurated. The sgraffito work was carried out by Ferdinandus Serra in 1933. In 1960 the building was refurbished and the name was changed to ‘Centro Cultural Recreativo Casal Català’. It was not until 1988 that this entity recovered its original name, which had been erased during the years of Franco's repression.

    1924 - 1926

  • Cal Roviralta

    autoria desconeguda

    Edifici de planta quadrangular de dos pisos d'alçada construït amb pedra recoberta d'estuc, de composició molt senzilla i quasi bé absent de decoració a excepció de les motllures de les finestres que sobresurten lleugerament del mur i de les balconades de ferro forat de les finestres centrals. Destaca també la balustrada de pedra que ocupa la part superior de l'edifici. En quant la porta d'entrada, destaca de la composició porticada que inclou també una petita balustrada de pedra sustentada sobra els dos pilars que fan de marc a la façana principal. Al 1936 aquest edifici i les terres del seu propietari són confiscades pel comitè local. Aquest instal·là a Can Roviralta una filial de la cooperativa (el sindicat). Al 1939 tornà al seu propietari.

    first half of the 20th century

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