The Catalan Prime Minister at the closing cerem...

The Catalan Prime Minister at the closing cerem...

Putting an end to six months of a participatory process was a challenge, to say the least. The chosen venue was Sant Antoni Market... under (re)construction. A privileged venue, because few people had accessed it before.

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park wins the Rosa Barb...

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park wins the Rosa Barb...

The design project for the parklands of the London Olympic Games has been granted the 9th Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize, given on September 30th in Barcelona, within the International Landscape Biennial of Barcelona. George Hargreaves, Mary Margaret Jones and Gavin McMillan, from Hargreaves Associates, are the authors of the project.

The yearbooks of the Architects’ Association of...

The yearbooks of the Architects’ Association of...

Checking information in the 27 Yearbooks published by the Architects’ Association of Catalonia between 1899 and 1930 is now even easier thanks to the digitization undertaken by the COAC Library's staff.

The Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbani...

The Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbani...

The 13th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU) goes to the United States for the very first time to exhibit at the Cooper Union in New York, before travelling on to France, Germany, Japan and Sweden.

Works featured at the seventh Architecture Exhi...

Works featured at the seventh Architecture Exhi...

On 7 July, the Torre Nova de Cal Pons hosted the presentation of the seventh Architecture Exhibition of Central Catalonia, including the prize-giving ceremony and the inauguration of the exhibition organized by the Architects’ Association’s regional offices in Bages-Berguedà and Osona. 

Second International Exhibition of Catalan Arch...

Second International Exhibition of Catalan Arch...

The Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC), through the Taula de Mostres, is organising the second International Exhibition of Catalan Architecture in order to record, showcase and disseminate the work undertaken by Catalan architects working outside Spain.Registration closes on 15th October 2016. Registration is open to members of the COAC or other architects as specified in the rules.

'Atlas of Political Clichés', the new...

'Atlas of Political Clichés', the new...

A new issue of the journal Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme will be available for Sant Jordi (St George's Day) this year. It is a double issue (266-267) which, under the heading 'Atles de clixés polítics' [Atlas of Political Clichés], explores some of the topics raised in the previous issue, 'Casa i contradicció' [House and Contradiction].

Award-winning projects at the 19th edition of t...

Award-winning projects at the 19th edition of t...

Award-winning projects at the 19th edition of the Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona On 3 June 2016, the Girona branch of the Architects' Association held the award-giving ceremony for the 19th edition of the Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona.

Architecture Congress 2016. Constructing and di...

Architecture Congress 2016. Constructing and di...

This year, the Architects’ Association of Catalonia is organising an Architecture Congress which will provide a meeting place for professionals, the general public and institutions to move forward with a new positioning of architecture that facilitates better responses to the new social, environmental and economic challenges facing society now and in the future.

Rosa Barba Landscape Prize finalists

Rosa Barba Landscape Prize finalists

The Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize is part of the 9th International Biennial of Landscape Architecture, which will be held in Barcelona on 29, 30 September and 1 October 2016. Once closed the call for submission of projects, the Jury selected 10 finalists, who will be presenting their projects during the Biennial.

Finalists for the European Prize for Urban Publ...

Finalists for the European Prize for Urban Publ...

The jury of the ninth edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016has selected the 25 finalists, which represent the best public space interventions in European cities in 2014 and 2015.

Unprecedented success of Catalan architects at...

Unprecedented success of Catalan architects at...

This year's Biennale is a clear sign that Catalan architecture is triumphing abroad. More than thirty Catalan firms are present at Venice's 15th Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, either showing their work as part of the 'Unfinished' exhibition in the Spanish Pavilion (where 40% of the architecture firms are Catalan), or taking part in the exhibition 'Aftermath_Architecture beyond architects', representing Catalonia at the Eventi Collaterali.

The COAC Archive and Library are collaborating...

The COAC Archive and Library are collaborating...

The Historical Archive and the Library of the COAC are collaborating in the exhibition ‘Barcelona. The Metropolis in the Age of Photography, 1860-2004’, which can be visited at La Virreina until 26 June 2016. The COAC has lent for this exhibition a total of 69 documents, including photos and journals.

A new series of activities begins at the COAC:...

A new series of activities begins at the COAC:...

On Thursday 3 March, at 7.30 pm, a new series of activities kicks off on the theme of ‘Absolutely moder(rr)n. An overview of new local architecture’, curated by Moisés Puente.

Entitat organitzadora: Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya

The COAC presents the Architectural Agenda with...

The COAC presents the Architectural Agenda with...

On 14 October, the Architects’ Association presented the Architectural Agenda, a new information channel for disseminating the cultural activities related to architecture, urban development and design taking place in Catalonia.

The COAC's Historical Archive on Instagram

The COAC's Historical Archive on Instagram

Entering this social network will help disseminate the wealth of documents held in the Historical and Photographic Archive, which currently holds close to two million documented items —plans, maps, sketches, drawings, publications, photographs, correspondence, audiovisual records, etc.—a result, mainly, of donations, making it a reference centre for academics and architects from all over the world, as well as representing an asset of incalculable value.

Convening of the Architectural Awards of the Co...

Convening of the Architectural Awards of the Co...

The Girona branch office of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia is convening the 19th edition of the Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona, with the aim of evaluating the architecture carried out within the branch’s region, in order to demonstrate the quality and precision of its professionals.

Works of art from the COAC's Historical Ar...

Works of art from the COAC's Historical Ar...

From 18 January until 3 April the exhibition 'Una col·lecció per a un viatge. Promoció d’arquitectes Barcelona 1960' (Collection for a trip. Barcelona architects 1960) can be visited at the Vila Casas Foundation’s Can Framis Museum. 

Touring exhibition of the 9th Alejandro de la S...

Touring exhibition of the 9th Alejandro de la S...

The exhibition of the 9th ALEJANDRO DE LA SOTA BIENNIAL, which was available to visit at the COAC’s Tarragona branch office up to mid-August 2015, is beginning a tour of various towns and cities of the El Camp de Tarragona region.

Entitat organitzadora: COAC

Tarragona

Free

Exposició

FAD Thought and Criticism Award 2015

FAD Thought and Criticism Award 2015

The last issue of the journal Quaderns d'arquitectura i urbanisme (issue 265) has been granted the FAD Thought and Criticism Award 2015.

Architect Carme Pinós is awarded Creu de Sant J...

Architect Carme Pinós is awarded Creu de Sant J...

Architect and urban planner Carme Pinós has been awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi 2015, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya in recognition of her work.The award, one of the highest distinctions given by the Catalan government,  was given on April 14, 2015, to twenty-seven individuals and fourteen organizations.