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Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park wins the Rosa Barba Landscape Prize
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park wins the Rosa Barba Landscape Prize
The design project for the parklands of the London Olympic Games has been granted the 9th Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize, given on September 30th in Barcelona, within the International Landscape Biennial of Barcelona. George Hargreaves, Mary Margaret Jones and Gavin McMillan, from Hargreaves Associates, are the authors of the project.
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The yearbooks of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia are now digitized
The yearbooks of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia are now digitized
Checking information in the 27 Yearbooks published by the Architects’ Association of Catalonia between 1899 and 1930 is now even easier thanks to the digitization undertaken by the COAC Library's staff.
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The Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism in New York
The Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism in New York
The 13th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU) goes to the United States for the very first time to exhibit at the Cooper Union in New York, before travelling on to France, Germany, Japan and Sweden.
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The COAC’s Historic Archive completes the cataloguing of the collection of Correa i Milà, Arquitectes
The staff of the COAC’s Historic Archive have catalogued the collection of documents donated by architects Federico Correa (b. 1924) and Alfonso Milà (1924–2009) to the COAC.Federico Correa and Alfonso Milà studied architecture together before going on to work at José Antonio Coderch’s studio. In 1953 they set up their own practice, Correa-Milà, and enjoyed a prolific career as architects and designers
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Works featured at the seventh Architecture Exhibition of Central Catalonia
Works featured at the seventh Architecture Exhibition of Central Catalonia
On 7 July, the Torre Nova de Cal Pons hosted the presentation of the seventh Architecture Exhibition of Central Catalonia, including the prize-giving ceremony and the inauguration of the exhibition organized by the Architects’ Association’s regional offices in Bages-Berguedà and Osona.
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Second International Exhibition of Catalan Architecture
Second International Exhibition of Catalan Architecture
The Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC), through the Taula de Mostres, is organising the second International Exhibition of Catalan Architecture in order to record, showcase and disseminate the work undertaken by Catalan architects working outside Spain.Registration closes on 15th October 2016. Registration is open to members of the COAC or other architects as specified in the rules.
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'Atlas of Political Clichés', the new issue of Quaderns, available for St George's Day
'Atlas of Political Clichés', the new issue of Quaderns, available for St George's Day
A new issue of the journal Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme will be available for Sant Jordi (St George's Day) this year. It is a double issue (266-267) which, under the heading 'Atles de clixés polítics' [Atlas of Political Clichés], explores some of the topics raised in the previous issue, 'Casa i contradicció' [House and Contradiction].
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Award-winning projects at the 19th edition of the Architectural Awards of Girona
Award-winning projects at the 19th edition of the Architectural Awards of Girona
Award-winning projects at the 19th edition of the Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona On 3 June 2016, the Girona branch of the Architects' Association held the award-giving ceremony for the 19th edition of the Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona.
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Aranzadi Park, by Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape, winner of an AZ Award
Aranzadi Park, by Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape, winner of an AZ Award
The design magazine Azure announced the winners of the AZ Awards 2016 at a ceremony in Toronto on 17 June. Aranzadi Park, designed by the Catalan architecture firm Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape, won the jury award for Best Landscape Architecture.
