News about architecture, urbanism, architects and walks in barcelona
Senseable Cities. An architect and engineer by training, Carlo Ratti practices in Italy and teaches at the MIT, where he directs the Senseable City Lab. Ratti has co-authored over 250 publications and holds several patents. His work has been exhibited … Read More
Spain, Japan, Peru, NLÉ & Gabinete de Arquitectura. Alejandro Aravena and the jury for the 15th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia have announced on saturday the winning participations. The Golden Lion for Best National Participation went to … Read More
The Architect Rebuilding a Country. Good-looking, charming and a celebrity in his native Chile, the surprise winner of this year’s Pritzker cares more about solving social problems than exercising his artistic chops. THE EARTHQUAKE, one of the biggest ever recorded, hit … Read More
Very proud to receive the TRIPADVISOR certificate of excellence 2016 !!! Thanks to our walkers this is possible one more year. We love our walkers! Come and walk with us and verify it !!! look … Read More
Hi walkers! Our walking tour BARCELONA & GAUDI has received some reviews like that one: “Informative and enjoyable tour We booked BAW’s Gaudi walk before we left for Spain. It was easy to do and Miguel from BAW was prompt replying to questions … Read More
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
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
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
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
