Exhibition: 'Images of Poblet'

Exhibition: 'Images of Poblet'

In 1991, a photographers' association in Reus published a collection of 10 photographs of Mr Manuel Cuadrada i Gisbert (1896-1957) as a tribute to this pioneer of the art of photography, who opened up possibilities at a time when practising the art of light was, quite simply, an adventure.

Entitat organitzadora: COAC

Tarragona

Free

Exposició

Cooperative Architecture Seminar at the COAC

Cooperative Architecture Seminar at the COAC

The COAC is organizing a seminar on the active role played by architects in Processes of Citizen Participation, which will be held on 26, 27 and 28 February at the COAC headquarters.

Exhibition by Lo Siento in Girona

Exhibition by Lo Siento in Girona

The team of graphic designers Lo Siento, comprising Borja Martínez and Gerard Miró, is taking part in the series of exhibitions 'La Cova. About Technique', with the show 'Disseny a foc lent' (Design on a simmering heat), in which they consider their own particular vision of technique. The show can be visited at the Girona branch office from 4 December 2015 to 14 February 2016.

Entitat organitzadora: COAC

Girona

Free

Exposició

Lecture by Pereda Pérez Arquitectos

Lecture by Pereda Pérez Arquitectos

On 18 February at 7.30 pm, the studio Pereda Pérez Arquitectos will be giving a lecture at the Tarragona branch office of the Architects’ Association to speak to us about their most recent architectural work. Download the invitation

Entitat organitzadora: COAC

Tarragona

Free

Conferència

'Seating Structures' exhibition

'Seating Structures' exhibition

The 'Seating Structures' exhibition by Soldevila, Soldevila, Soldevila Arquitectes will be opening in the Picasso Room on 21 January. Oscar Tusquets will introduce the show at 7 pm.

Entitat organitzadora: COAC

Barcelona

Free

Exposició

Lecture by Jenny B. Osuldsen, founder of Snøhet...

Lecture by Jenny B. Osuldsen, founder of Snøhet...

Jenny B. Osuldsen, landscaper and founder of Snøhetta, will be delivering a lecture at the COAC on September 29th at 6.30 pm.

Entitat organitzadora: COAC

Barcelona

Free

Conferència

Tourists value Barcelona's architecture as...

Tourists value Barcelona's architecture as...

Barcelona Tourism has recently published the 2014 statistics related to tourism. Tourists, after being questioned about different city attractions, recognize architecture as the most valued aspect of the city, and rate it with 8.8/10, above other important aspects such as the city's cultural activities, leisure or entertainment.

Norwegian artist Carl Nesjar passes away

Norwegian artist Carl Nesjar passes away

Painter, sculptor and photographer Carl Nesjar passed away on May 23rd at the age of 94. COAC had a special relation to Nesjar, who was recognized as one of the most important contemporary artists of Norway. He carried out the sgraffiti of the COAC headquarters' facade in Barcelona, based on Picasso's drawings made specifically for our building.

Lecture Series "Development by Design...

Lecture Series "Development by Design...

Development By Design, organized by ESARQ-UIC and Roca, is starting on January the 22nd. The lecture series will discuss equity and development in the world of architecture.NGOs and experts in the field of development will debate with professors from the Master of International Cooperation in Sustainable Emergency Architecture (ESARQ-UIC) on the problems arising from the practice of architecture and design.

Entitat organitzadora: ESARQ-UIC

The COAC Historical Archive contributes to the...

The COAC Historical Archive contributes to the...

The new exhibition "Flashback" opens in La Pedrera on March the 11th. "Flashback", which is a retrospective of the work of publicist, photographer, poet and gourmet Leopoldo Pomés, will be open until July the 12th.

Exhibition _Export BARCELONA

Exhibition _Export BARCELONA

The exhibition _Export BARCELONA will open in Geneva (Switzerland) next February. The show will include 20 social housing projects designed by Catalan architects. _Export BARCELONA is framed within the second edition of the Cities Connection Project which, fleeing from mediatic architecture, aims to showcase functional architecture which is committed to social reality.

Exhibition: 'Coderch's Legacy'

Exhibition: 'Coderch's Legacy'

MINIM organizes the exhibition 'Coderch's Legacy', which shows the last project by architect José Antonio Coderch de Sentmenat, key figure of the Spanish post-war architecture, and a reference for several generations of architects. The exhibition opens on November 26th and will be open until January 30th, 2015.

Entitat organitzadora: MINIM

Award for the 'Avantgarde Tour', by X...

Award for the 'Avantgarde Tour', by X...

The G! Awards ceremony took place on December 11th. These awards are organized by the Costa Brava Girona Tourism Board to recognize the work and career of professionals in the tourism sector. The President of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, chaired the event.

Sacred heritage, AADIPA's next internation...

Sacred heritage, AADIPA's next internation...

The XXXVII edition of the International Conference on Intervention on Architectural Heritage, organised by the Association of Architects for the Protection and Intervention on Architectural Heritage (AADIPA) of the Architects' Association of Catalonia, is starting on December the 11th. 

Entitat organitzadora: AADIPA

8th edition of the Girona Region Architecture A...

8th edition of the Girona Region Architecture A...

The Association's Girona branch organizes the 18th edition of the Girona Region Architecture Awards with the aim of hightlightling architecture conducted in the territorial scope of the branch, in order to show the excellence and effort made by professionals.

Debate on European Identity and European Archit...

Debate on European Identity and European Archit...

The European Commission Representative in Barcelona and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe organize the debate “European Identity and European Architecture”, within the framework of the project “New Narratives for Europe”. The event will take place on November 28th at Mies van der Rohe Pavilion.

Entitat organitzadora: Fundació Mies van der Rohe

50th Anniversary of the Gobierno Civil Building...

50th Anniversary of the Gobierno Civil Building...

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Gobierno Civil building in Tarragona, as well as the centenary of architect Alejandro de la Sota's birth. Therefore, the exhibition "100 years with Alejandro de la Sota" will open on November 18th. Our wish is that it will be as successful as earlier exhibitions in the CGAC and COAM.

Entitat organitzadora: COAC and Subdelagació del Govern de Tarragona

International Catalan Architecture

International Catalan Architecture

The Architects' Association of Catalonia (COAC) holds the First International Catalan Architecture Mostra with the aim of recording, highlighting and publicizing architectural works done abroad by Catalan architects.

A landscape for you

A landscape for you

In recent times of ecological reviews of our territories, of reviewing the means for proposing new landscape structures, of discipline reinvention, with more and more intensity is recognized in the contemporary landscape projects, as an essential factor, the contribution of society to the genesis of it and the intense use of the outcomes.

Catalan Book Week at the COAC

Catalan Book Week at the COAC

Today, Friday 5 September, marks the opening of the thirty-first edition of Catalan Book Week on the avenue in front of the Cathedral of Barcelona. Up until Sunday 15 September, a total of 75 exhibitors will be gathering to form part of a programme that includes almost 250 activities, some of which are taking place in Plaça Nova and at the COAC headquarters, where the mezzanine level has been set up as the ‘Agora Venue’.

COAC BARCELONA PROMOTES THE '10 ARCHITECTU...

COAC BARCELONA PROMOTES THE '10 ARCHITECTU...

The Architects’ Association of Catalonia is promoting the 10 Architecture Festivals 2023, an evolution of Architecture Week that will take place at different venues in Barcelona from 25 March to 10 June. Architecture Week thus goes from 10 days to 10 weeks, with an eye on the future: Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026.