Housing is a major issue in most European cities due to housing shortage and a lack of affordable houses. La borda Co-Housing is the light on community housing projects, who represent an alternative to traditional social housing or purely market-driven real estate.
Llum Bcn Poblenou 2018
When night falls, a new Barcelona shines out thanks to the talent of both artists from all over the world and students in our city who have mastered the transforming power of light, this is Llum Bcn Poblenou.
Drawings by Enric Miralles
As architects, we unconsciously tend not to associate necessarily the plans we draw with the notion of map. However, both of those two objects register in the same process of cartographic creation and, in this regard, use a two dimensional language in order to create space. Enric Miralles
InnoChain Colloquium: Prototypes
The InnoChain Second Year Colloquium, which will take place between the 12th and the 14th of February 2018, is an evaluation event in which all Early Stage Researcher (ESRs) present their research development.
BAW’s amazing reviews: Love it!
Alejandro de la Sota, Gimnasio maravillas
La Dirección General de Patrimonio ha declarado el Gimnasio Maravillas, del arquitecto Alejandro de la Sota, Bien de Interés Cultural. Aunque se ha convertido en un centro de peregrinación para cientos de arquitectos de todo el mundo, el gimnasio madrileño es poco conocido por los ciudadanos.
RCR Arquitectes Baw expedition
Today we are very happy, in the next few weeks we are launching a new BAW & RCR Arquitectes expedition, a one-day excursion lead by Jaume Prat Ortells (Architect and critic of architecture), to meet the work of RCR architecture studio awarded with the last Pritzker prize.
CONFERÈNCIA DE FRANCO ZAGARI AL COAC
Avui dimecres 31 de gener a les 19 h tindrà lloc al COAC un dels actes previs de la 10a Biennal Europea de Paisatge, que se celebrarà enguany. Franco Zagari impartirà la conferència “Paesaggio: A che punto è la notte. Dove come e quando il progetto è lavoro e bellezza”.
Neil Harbisson, Cyborg Arts at IAAC Lecture Series
Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his skull and for being officially recognized as a cyborg by a government.
BAW Tours for groups website
This is a perfect moment to start new projects and today we’re so happy to remind you one of the latest projects we have… Our Barcelona Architecture Walks website specialized on groups
Inauguración de la nueva fachada del COAC en la seda de Plaça Nova
El próximo lunes día 22 por la tarde, se inaugurará la nueva fachada del COAC en su sede de Plaça Nova, en Barcelona, un proyecto llevado a cabo por el equipo formado por la sociedad Fuses-Viader Arquitectes SLP —Josep Fuses y Joan M. Viader—, y los arquitectos Jorge Perea y Jordi Mansilla.
BAW Leading Architects 3
Recently the Barcelona Architecture Walks team have had some additions as new Leading Architects. Today we want to talk about them, sharing with you some more personal details about our guides
Daniel Rossello at IAAC Lectures Series
Daniel Rossello joined Heatherwick Studio in 2016 having worked as an associate partner of the architecture practice Legorreta+Legorreta in Mexico. As Group Leader at the studio, Dani is overseeing a range projects including the Bund Finance Centre.
Great images from Christmas Tours
The beginning of the year is always a good time to start new projects to help us achieve our aims. That’s why today we want to show you some nice pictures of the Christmas tours we have done during this holidays.
Centre Cultural Teresa Pàmies
Hoy compartimos un extracto del artículo de Jaume Prat Ortells, sobre el edificio de los arquitectos Víctor Rahola y Jorge Vidal, el Centre Cultural Teresa Pàmies.