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Filters are juxtaposed on the wall. This cinematographic metaphor is not just conceptual; it is above all physical, sensible. In the old town, with very close relations between buildings, interaction must be mediated, filtered.
The bridge was constructed to a design by Santiago Calatrava, as part of the preparations for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The bridge connects the Carrer de Bac de Roda, to the south in Sant Martí, with the Carrer de Felip II, to the north in Sant Andreu.
In a location trapped between a golf course and a forest, a considerable building volume is distributed. Three pavilions scattered on the hillside with strict rationality solve a functional program for low interpretations
Palau de Congresos de Catalunya. The Cataluña Conference Centre is located in the extreme southwest of the city of Barcelona, on the entrance to the A-2 motorway.
Camp Nou Stadium Barcelona building design by SANAA, architects, Japan – Barcelona FC Arena Competition news, famous Catalan football ground architecture pictures
Incredible space for a hospital with open space between pavilions, still performs function of one of the most important hospitals in the city where patients are surrounded by beautiful sculptures, mosaics and gardens
OMM is, above all, a hotel that has been created with the Barcelona urban environment in mind. It fits into the grid-pattern of the Eixample district of the city, and has been designed thinking of users who appreciate comfortable accommodation in a calm, relaxed atmosphere.
A great place to relax, enjoy the coutryside and gain great views out over Barcelona. The best Gaudi architecture is at the lower, south end of Park Guell, primarily close to the southern entry
Casa 205, Vacarisses house design by H Arquitectes, Catalunya – house in Vacarisses, contemporary Catalan property, new home in Spain
Most photos of this building are taken looking down on its colourful roof, made up of tessellations with the colours of the fruit sold within the St Caterina Market. Seen from the street the dominant forms are the rippling vaults of the roof edges
Llobregat Sports Centre building design by Alvaro Siza Vieira architect – Llobregat architecture, Barcelona pool, Cornella, Spain: £14m sport facility contains 40,000 sqm of space, and is designed using simple forms in fair-faced concrete
The Sant Francesc convent, located in the small Catalan town of Santpedor, was built in the early 18th century by Franciscan priests. In 1835 the convent was sacked.
Barcelona Telecommunications Tower building design by Foster + Partners, architects, UK – Torre de Collserola, Barcelona, Spain: Spanish facility for Telefonica.
The aim is to reconcile several objectives: to create an urban landmark in the skyline of Barcelona, to set up a dialogue with the low-rise houses of the neighbourhood and to generate quality public spaces
The Fab Lab House, developed by the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), is a self-sufficient building that marks a new paradigm of energetic efficiency through its innovative ability to generate energy, food and utensils
ONA Tower building at Glories-Diagonal, Barcelona, for client Ajuntament de Barcelona and B.I.M/S.A. by architects: Federico Soriano, Dolores Palacios, with collaborators Leonor Macedo, Leticia Sáez Muñoyerro, Ana Pereira, Carolina Cabello, Marcos Zaragoza, Severino Alfonso, Sergio Rufo, Francisco Triviño, Annie Martínez-Pita and Marta Celada Cividanes.
The Montjuïc Tower is 136m high and very stylised like many Calatrava buildings. It could be read as a piece of sculpture carved from pure white marble, or as half a dough-ring speared by a bloated toothpick