The project team uses creativity and modern techniques to ensure Gaudi’s masterpiece lasts well into the next century.
Casa Batlló, Antoni Gaudí’s inventive art nouveau house in Barcelona, has opened a new contemporary art gallery to coincide with the centenary of the iconic Catalan architect’s death – and the ...
Spanish cities are clear examples of the overlapping of historical periods. Medieval urban layouts coexist with modernist urban plans, and their buildings show traces of Roman, Arab, Gothic, and ...
Contemporary is the term used for architecture of the 21st century. Unlike some other architectural periods, contemporary isn’t a movement, but a style reflecting the trends of the time a home is ...
Pabellón de Alemania en Barcelona. Image via ©Flickr: usuario-estudio campo baeza. Used under Creative Commons. Eva Llorca Afonso, in her doctoral thesis, sums up well the assiduity with which this ...
“We don’t like homes where you have to ask for permission to sit down. We don’t even like houses where you have to put on a robe. You should be free to wander about in your slippers,” says Íñigo ...
For over a century, housing in Spain has been a stage for architectural innovation, from Modernism, which transformed bourgeois residences, to Rationalism, which explored new social typologies; from ...
Aquarter-century ago, the idea that Spain might be considered a vivid center of architectural creativity would have been considered definitely silly, and possibly cruel. The great nation was still ...
Looking at photographs can only go so far when you’re studying architecture. Sure, pictures can convey some of a building’s traits and features, but the best way to actually experience a structure’s ...
This aerial virtual tour explores Bilbao, a city in northern Spain known for its striking contrast between modern architecture and historic urban design. From above, the city’s layout unfolds along ...