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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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’.
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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.
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SIX PROJECTS SELECTED AS WINNERS IN THE 2022 AR...
SIX PROJECTS SELECTED AS WINNERS IN THE 2022 AR...
On 27 May, the Girona regional branch of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia hosted the awards ceremony for the 24th Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona, one of the province’s most prestigious cultural events in the field of architecture and construction.
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ARCHITECTURE, A SUBJECT ON THE SYLLABUS OF MAGN...
ARCHITECTURE, A SUBJECT ON THE SYLLABUS OF MAGN...
In March, the time of pre-enrolment for primary and secondary schools, the schools with which the COAC works to introduce architecture into the classroom made a point of highlighting this important and differentiating factor on their syllabuses.
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THE REINA SOFIA MUSEUM AND THE COAC SIGN AN AGR...
THE REINA SOFIA MUSEUM AND THE COAC SIGN AN AGR...
The COAC has signed an agreement with the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, MNCARS) to establish joint actions to promote, plan and execute cultural projects that contribute to increasing knowledge of contemporary art in general and architecture and urbanism in particular.
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The COAC joins forces with the MNAC and 'C...
The COAC joins forces with the MNAC and 'C...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it necessary to turn Architecture Week into an online event. Aprendre des de casa (Learning from home), the online version of our traditional architecture workshops, made it possible for many children to learn about architecture from their homes through activities organised by architects.
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Harquitectes receives a special mention at the...
Harquitectes receives a special mention at the...
The Clos Pachem winery in Gratallops (Tarragona), the work of the architectural design studio Harquitectes, was given a special mention by the jury of the Architecture & Urban Planning Awards presented every year by the Higher Council of Architects' Associations in Spain (CSCAE).
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Barcelona prepares its candidacy to be the Worl...
Barcelona prepares its candidacy to be the Worl...
The city of Barcelona hopes to be the World Capital of Architecture in 2026 and host the World Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Architects (IUA). With this goal in mind, the Municipal Plenary approved an Institutional Declaration in 2019 to work closely with the COAC and the CSCAE to present the city's candidacy.
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The COAC takes part in the new exhibition at ID...
The COAC takes part in the new exhibition at ID...
The Historical Archive of the COAC is involved in the exhibition entitled 'Barcelona. A Photographic Memory', which opens at the Ideal Digital Arts Centre in Barcelona on 30 September.
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New issue of 'Quaderns' explores the...
New issue of 'Quaderns' explores the...
A new issue of the COAC's magazine Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme has been published and is now available to members at the various Association offices.
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Open call for the 11th Rosa Barba Landscape Pri...
Open call for the 11th Rosa Barba Landscape Pri...
The 11th Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize, sponsored by Fundació Banc Sabadell, is part of the International Biennial of Landscape Architecture, which will take place in Barcelona on the 30th September and 1st and 2nd October 2020.
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The COAC launches arquitectura catalana.cat, th...
The COAC launches arquitectura catalana.cat, th...
The COAC is launching arquitecturacatalana.cat, the digital archive of modern and contemporary Catalan architecture. The aim is to make Catalan architectural heritage more accessible to both architects and the general public.
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2nd edition of 'Architecture in the Classr...
2nd edition of 'Architecture in the Classr...
For the fourth year running, the Architects’ Association—in conjunction with Barcelona City Council, the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Construmat and ARQUIN-FAD—are organizing Architecture Week, which will take place between 7 and 17 May 2020.
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The COAC loans more than 50 documents for an ex...
The COAC loans more than 50 documents for an ex...
The COAC's Archive has loaned more than fifty documents for the exhibition “Imaginando la casa mediterránea. Italia y España en los años 50” (Imagining the Mediterranean house: Italy and Spain in the 1950s), which can be visited at the ICO Museum from 2 October.
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Let’s celebrate together!
On 7 October, from 7 pm, coinciding with World Architecture Day, we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of our Historical Archive with a party where we will open a large-format exhibition to commemorate this red-letter day.
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The COAC receives the National Culture Award
The COAC receives the National Culture Award
On Thursday 4 July, the Architects’ Association of Catalonia was presented with the National Culture Award, given by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CoNCA). The gala event was held in Teatre l’Artesà in El Prat de Llobregat.
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Winners of the National Culture Award for 2019!
Winners of the National Culture Award for 2019!
The Architects’ Association of Catalonia has been honoured with one of the National Culture Awards for 2019 given by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CoNCA).
