Designers Respond to Crisis: Emergency Architecture The COVID-19 pandemic has shown yet again how designers are needed to reimagine emergency shelters. With an estimated 900 million people around the world to remain at home because of the virus, there are also a number of hospitals … Read More
On our tour BARCELONA & GOTHIC TO MODERN we explore the ideas and mindset of Enric Miralles, the genius of our lifetime. He and his firm, EMBT, designed one of the most brilliant works of architecture in the city: the … Read More
Hi Walkers, Barcelona Architecture Walks team is currently unaffected by the COVID-19 virus, but the Spanish government has declared a nationwide state of emergency. We are therefore obligated to suspend our walking tours at least for the next 15 days. … Read More
Architecture is the scenery of the cinema. Landscapes, houses, and cities consist the frames where filmmakers insert people, lives, and feelings. Their connection is beyond doubt and in some cases the results of this mixture are extraordinary. The following … Read More
The history of architecture shows that the use of raw materials has always been somewhat common, whether in ancient vernacular techniques or within the Brutalist movement, to name a few. It is evident that the language of a project … Read More
Tiles and crafts. Contemporary artisan proposals. Exhibition at Centre d’Artesania Catalunya. Craft tiles take up a prominent place in Catalan ceramics between the 17th and 19th centuries. The origin, as the name implies, can be found in the representation of the most … Read More
BAW’s Women team to celebrate the International Women’s day 2020 Yesterday we celebrate the International Women’s day. At BAW we have an amazing women team. Every one have something special to tell us, and we are very happy to share … Read More
Barceloneta is one of the most famous neighborhoods in Barcelona. Our BARCELONA & THE SEA tour explore the former fishermen’s town, forms an inseparable entity with the beach of the same name, and quite frankly, neither one could exist without … Read More
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara win Pritzker Architecture Prize 2020 This year, architecture’s highest honor, the Pritzker Prize, has been granted to Grafton Architects’ Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Dublin, Ireland. The 2020 Laureates, who are both educators and architects, are known for their … Read More
