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8M: Margarita Brender, one of the pioneering architects of 1960s Spain
8M: Margarita Brender, one of the pioneering architects of 1960s Spain
The Architects’ Association of Catalonia commemorates International Women’s Day with a tribute to the first female architect to become a member*: Margarita Brender Rubira (1919-2000). The most significant thing about her career is the very little we know about it. Everything we know about her can be summed up in five facts.One: She was born in Romania in 1919.
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New call for COAC Grants for Local and International Cooperation
New call for COAC Grants for Local and International Cooperation
The Architect’s Association of Catalonia opens, for the seventh year running, its Call for Grants for local and international development cooperation projects related to architecture and urban planning. These grants respond to the commitment of the Association to allocating part of its budget to social pursuits.
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Open call for the 11th AJAC Awards
Open call for the 11th AJAC Awards
The AJAC Awards were created in 1996 by the Young Architects Association of Catalonia (AJAC) with the purpose of showing the high potential and quality of work by young architects, as well as providing these emerging professionals with a good spread of their work.
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The Architects' Association of Catalonia unveils its new façade
The Architects' Association of Catalonia unveils its new façade
The Architects’ Association of Catalonia unveiled the new façade of its head offices in Barcelona on 22 January. The project has consolidated the neutrality of the office building so that Picasso’s frieze stands out even more.The new image for the head offices highlights the original design by Xavier Busquets while incorporating improvements in energy and environmental efficiency such as soundproofing and solar panels.
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Open call for the 10th Rosa Barba Landscape Prize
Open call for the 10th Rosa Barba Landscape Prize
Open call for the 10th Rosa Barba Landscape Prize, sponsored by Fundación Banc Sabadell framed within the 10th International Biennale of Landscape Architecture under the motto: "Perfomative nature" , to be held on 26th, 28th and 29th September 2018 in Barcelona.
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The ministers for Governance and Territory present the Catalan Agreement on Urban Renewal at the COAC
The Minister for Governance, Public Administrations and Housing, Meritxell Borràs; the Minister for Territory and Sustainability, Josep Rull; and the Dean of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia, Lluís Comerón, presented on 5 September at the COAC the launch of the future Catalan Agreement on Urba
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Arxiu Jujol donates the Barcelona projects of architect Josep Maria Jujol to the Architects’ Association
This donation further consolidates the collaboration between the Jujol Archive and the Historical Archive of the COAC, which began almost 20 years ago. At that time, the architect’s heirs loaned more than 100 of the projects that Jujol had undertaken in the province of Barcelona to the COAC.
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Barcelona City Council awards the tender to improve the Rambla to the Km-ZERO team
Barcelona City Council awards the tender to improve the Rambla to the Km-ZERO team
Barcelona City Council has announced the award of the international tender to define the transformation of the Rambla. The winning team is Km-ZERO, made up of 15 professionals from different disciplines, who will take on the challenge of the comprehensive physical and social revitalization, improvement and transformation of Barcelona’s Rambla and its immediate catchment area.
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The COAC awards its Cooperation Grants for the sixth year running
The COAC awards its Cooperation Grants for the sixth year running
The Architects’ Association of Catalonia awards local and international development cooperation grants for architecture and urban planning, which this year are being awarded for the sixth time. Of the ten projects submitted, an evaluation was made of their compliance with the basic rules, the architectural proposition, the use of local materials and their level of social participation.
