Superblocks

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A sustainable strategy for regenerating the city.   Superilles, or Superblocks in English, is a project designed by Barcelona City Council in collaboration with the Urban Ecology Agency that aims to foster sustainable mobility, the intensive use of public spaces, … Read More

Barcelona’s unloved planner invents science of ‘urbanisation’

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Cerdà’s was the first meticulous scientific study both of what a modern city was, and what it could aspire to be.   Constricted by its medieval walls, Barcelona was suffocating – until unknown engineer Ildefons Cerdà came up with a … Read More

España en la Bienal de Venecia.

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La arquitectura nacida de la crisis. Los comisarios españoles para la próxima Bienal de Venecia, Iñaqui Carnicero y Carlos Quintáns, presentarán en el Pabellón de nuestro país en la Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia “Unfinished”, una muestra formada por 67 … Read More

New Material From Harvard Researchers

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Folds and Changes Shape On Its Own Imagine a house that could fit in a backpack or a wall that could become a window with the flick of a switch. Harvard researchers have designed a new type of foldable material … Read More

La nit dels Museus

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Te’ls trobaràs oberts.  A les 19 h del dissabte 21 de maig, els museus no tanquen les portes: te les obren de franc i et conviden a conèixer les seves col·leccions d’una altra manera: de nit! I hi passaran coses. … Read More

RIBA Announces Longlist of 30 Buildings for Inaugural International Prize

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This is the first RIBA Award to be open to any qualified architect in the world. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced its longlist of 30 buildings to be considered for the inaugural RIBA International Prize. According to … Read More

Cerdà: the beginning of urbanism

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Hi walkers! Today we show you an extract from our tour BARCELONA & ILDEFONS CERDÀ In Summer of 1859, the Barcelona of today started its journey with the approval of the project of its expansion and with two historical initiatives: … Read More

Open day – 2016 International Museum Day

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  Open day The worldwide community of museums will celebrate International Museum Day on and around 18 May 2016.The theme of 2016 International Museum Day will be Museums and Cultural Landscapes.The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness … Read More

Converses d’Arquitectura

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GRAN, dotzena i última trobada del cicle ‘Converses d’Arquitectura’ El proper dijous 19 de maig a les 19h donem pas a la dotzena i última taula del cicle organitzat des d’Arquitectes per l’Arquitectura, al voltant de la temàtica ‘GRAN’. La … Read More

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