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The ultimate recognition for Catalan architecture: RCR Arquitectes, winners of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2017
Integration with the place; a complete redefinition of the user’s relationship with nature, with his or her own body, with intimacy, with natural rhythms; and the consideration of the city as a landscape are some of the concepts that have led the team at RCR Arquitectes to win this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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OFFICE KGDVS fills the auditorium for the first conference in the ‘Europe, Europe’ cycle
OFFICE KGDVS fills the auditorium for the first conference in the ‘Europe, Europe’ cycle
On Thursday, 26 January, the ‘Europa Europa’ cycle kicked off, curated by the architect and publisher Moisés Puente. Every 15 days until the month of June, a showing of European architecture will be presented, with lectures from 5 guest architects and 4 critics, and introduced by Catalan architects.
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Social aspects, quality and precision in the winning entries of the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA
The winners of the 3rd European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA were announced by the jury on June 15th at the COAC headquarters in Barcelona. The announcement of the 18 short-listed projects, from which two special mentions and four winners were chosen, was made during the 3rd International Architectural Heritage Intervention Biennial AADIPA.
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BAAS & Espinet/Ubach to design the new Vall d’Hebron building
BAAS & Espinet/Ubach to design the new Vall d’Hebron building
The team of Catalan architects that forms
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ArquinFAD loans the collection of documents on the FAD Awards to the COAC’s Archive
ArquinFAD loans the collection of documents on the FAD Awards to the COAC’s Archive
The Architects’ Association of Catalonia has signed an agreement with the association ArquinFAD. The dean of the COAC, Lluís Comerón, and the president of ArquinFAD, architect Sílvia Farriol, formally signed an agreement on 31 May giving the COAC access to the documentary collection of the FAD Awards for Architecture and Interior Design.
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The COAC Historical Archive is collaborating with the ‘Antoni Gaudí. Barcelona’ exhibition at the MMOMA
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) and the company Aurea Cultura are organising the exhibition entitled ‘Antoni Gaudí. Barcelona’, which can be seen between 22 May and 10 September in the Russian capital.
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Presentation of the verdict of the 2nd Mostra d’Arquitectura Internacional Catalana
Presentation of the verdict of the 2nd Mostra d’Arquitectura Internacional Catalana
On 20 April, at a public event held at the Architects’ Association, the most outstanding works selected in the 2nd Mostra d’Arquitectura Internacional Catalana (International Catalan Architecture Exhibition) were revealed. The exhibition’s purpose is to record, highlight and divulge the work of Catalan architects outside Spain in the last few years.
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COAC and Barcelona City Council present Architecture Week 2017
COAC and Barcelona City Council present Architecture Week 2017
The Dean of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia, Lluís Comerón, and the councillor for Architecture, Urban Landscape and Heritage at Barcelona City Council, Daniel Mòdol, have presented Architecture Week 2017, an initiative organised by the two institutions and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation with the collaboration of Barcelona Building Construmat and ArquinFAD.
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The 'Aftermath' exhibition returns from Venice and is shown in Barcelona
The 'Aftermath' exhibition returns from Venice and is shown in Barcelona
After representing Catalonia at the 15th Venice Biennale, the exhibition "Aftermath_Architecture beyond architects" is now being shown at the Arts Santa Monica Centre, in Barcelona."Aftermath_Architecture beyond architects" focuses on lived-in architecture when the architects are no longer present and users continue the architectural experience every day.
