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For the third year running, the Architects’ Association —in conjunction with Barcelona City Council, the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona Building Construmat and ArquinFAD– are organizing Architecture Week, which takes place between 9 and 19 May 2019.

RCR Arquitectes are named Officiers des Arts et...

RCR Arquitectes are named Officiers des Arts et...

The Catalan architecture practice RCR Arquitectes has been distinguished with the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an honorary decoration that has been awarded by the French Ministry of Culture since the mid-1950s.

Miàs Arquitectes wins the tender to renovate Pa...

Miàs Arquitectes wins the tender to renovate Pa...

Miàs Arquitectes, run by architect Josep Miàs, will be responsible for designing the renovation of Passeig de la Indústria and the Plaça de l’Ajuntament in Banyoles. The proposal presented by the Banyoles-based team of architects won the tender put out by the Town Council and envisages a more pedestrianised street to improve the connection with the town's Old Quarter.

Architect Oriol Bohigas receives Barcelona...

Architect Oriol Bohigas receives Barcelona...

Barcelona architect Oriol Bohigas has been awarded the city’s Gold Medal, presented by Mayoress Ada Colau. The prize-giving ceremony was held on 25 October in Barcelona City Hall's Saló de Cent hall, and the winning architect was accompanied by his wife, Beth Galí, and their children Maria, Josep, Pere and Glòria Bohigas.

The COAC’s Historical Archive loans photos by C...

The COAC’s Historical Archive loans photos by C...

The Grand Palais in Paris is holding the biggest retrospective on the Catalan artist Joan Miró since 1974, entitled simply 'Miró'.

The stairway to the Saxhóll crater wins the Ros...

The stairway to the Saxhóll crater wins the Ros...

The intervention, which was built at the Saxhóll volcano (Iceland) to address the impact of the visitors who climb the crater every day, was undertaken by the Landslag ehf architectural practice and architect Þráinn Hauksson and has won the 10th Rosa Barba International Landscape Award. The jury also gave a special mention to the Linear Park project for the Cuernavaca railway. The award was presented on Friday, 28 September, at a ceremony held in the small palace of

Eight original documents on Gaudí’s work exhibi...

Eight original documents on Gaudí’s work exhibi...

The COAC’s Historical Archive has loaned eight original documents on Gaudí’s work to the Het Schip Museum in Amsterdam for an exhibition entitled ‘Gaudí and the Amsterdam School’, which opened on 2 October.

Open registration for the International Biennia...

Open registration for the International Biennia...

The 10th edition of the International Biennial of Landscape Architecture will be held in Barcelona this September, under the title 'Performative nature".

Presentation of the Iberian DOCOMOMO Register i...

Presentation of the Iberian DOCOMOMO Register i...

The DOCOMOMO Iberico Foundation (DOcumentation and COnservation of architecture and urban planning of the MOdern MOvement) has worked in recent years in the development of a register of the most significant works of the period between 1965 and the end of the authoritarian regimes of Spain and Portugal.

Come to the COAC Library to prepare your holida...

Come to the COAC Library to prepare your holida...

Are you organising your holidays? Do you know about the areas and buildings you could see during your trip? If you’re organising your summer break, in the COAC Library you’ll find more than one thousand architecture guides for cities and countries all over the world to help you plan your trip.Check out the Library’s Catalogue

The Architectural Awards of the Counties of Gir...

The Architectural Awards of the Counties of Gir...

On 1 June, the head office of the Girona regional branch of the COAC hosted the presentation of the 21st Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona in the presence of more than 200 people.

RCR Arquitectes takes its architectural univers...

RCR Arquitectes takes its architectural univers...

The most intimate universe of RCR Arquitectes will be on show in the Eventi Collateralli section of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia.

Prize-giving ceremony of the AJAC XI Awards: Vi...

Prize-giving ceremony of the AJAC XI Awards: Vi...

On Friday, 18 May, the Young Architects’ Association of Catalonia (AJAC) held the prize-giving ceremony for the AJAC XI Awards at the Mies van del Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona.The award, which this year received almost 150 entries, entails the publication of all the winning proposals in a book as well as a travelling exhibition and the “inexperiences” seminars, where award-winners have the opportunity to explain their work to the audience.

The COAC awards its Gold Medal to Rafael Moneo

The COAC awards its Gold Medal to Rafael Moneo

The Architects’ Association presented the Gold Medal to architect Rafael Moneo at a private ceremony held at the COAC’s headquarters in Barcelona on 3 April. The Association has awarded its highest distinction in recognition of Rafael Moneo’s professional and cultural contributions, which have made him one of the leading figures in national and international architecture of the past half-century.

Architecture Week 2018

Architecture Week 2018

The Architects’ Association of Catalonia, Barcelona City Council and Mies van der Rohe Foundation, with the support of BB Construmat and ArquinFAD, are organising Architecture Week 2018, a joint initiative that will be taking place in different venues across Barcelona between 10 and 20 May.

Project presentation: ‘RCR. Dream and Nature_Ca...

Project presentation: ‘RCR. Dream and Nature_Ca...

As part of the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture, co-curators RCR Arquitectes, Pati Núñez and Estel Ortega will introduce the 'RCR. Dream and Nature' project on 3 May at the COAC.

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8M: Margarita Brender, one of the pioneering ar...

8M: Margarita Brender, one of the pioneering ar...

The Architects’ Association of Catalonia commemorates International Women’s Day with a tribute to the first female architect to become a member*: Margarita Brender Rubira (1919-2000). The most significant thing about her career is the very little we know about it. Everything we know about her can be summed up in five facts.One: She was born in Romania in 1919.

New call for COAC Grants for Local and Internat...

New call for COAC Grants for Local and Internat...

The Architect’s Association of Catalonia opens, for the seventh year running, its Call for Grants for local and international development cooperation projects related to architecture and urban planning. These grants respond to the commitment of the Association to allocating part of its budget to social pursuits.

Open call for the 11th AJAC Awards

Open call for the 11th AJAC Awards

The AJAC Awards were created in 1996 by the Young Architects Association of Catalonia (AJAC) with the purpose of showing the high potential and quality of work by young architects, as well as providing these emerging professionals with a good spread of their work.

The Architects' Association of Catalonia u...

The Architects' Association of Catalonia u...

The Architects’ Association of Catalonia unveiled the new façade of its head offices in Barcelona on 22 January. The project has consolidated the neutrality of the office building so that Picasso’s frieze stands out even more.The new image for the head offices highlights the original design by Xavier Busquets while incorporating improvements in energy and environmental efficiency such as soundproofing and solar panels.

Open call for the 10th Rosa Barba Landscape Pri...

Open call for the 10th Rosa Barba Landscape Pri...

Open call for the 10th Rosa Barba Landscape Prize, sponsored by Fundación Banc Sabadell framed within the 10th International Biennale of Landscape Architecture under the motto: "Perfomative nature" , to be held on  26th, 28th and 29th September 2018 in Barcelona.