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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).
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The Historical Archive celebrates its 50th anni...
The Historical Archive celebrates its 50th anni...
The Historical Archive of the COAC is commemorating its 50 years of existence in 2019.
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The AADIPA Award presents its new documentary...
The AADIPA Award presents its new documentary...
“Call for topics” is a documentary, born from the critical and informative vocation of the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA, in which heritage experts establish the basis of what will be an open debate on the present and future intervention on architectural heritage.
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The COAC starts rolling out Architecture lesson...
The COAC starts rolling out Architecture lesson...
The Architects’ Association has started pilot tests to spread the teaching of architecture in schools through the programme entitled ‘Magnet: alliances for educational success’.
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Call open to candidates for the Architectural A...
Call open to candidates for the Architectural A...
The Girona branch of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC) has convened the Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona 2019, which this year is being held for the twenty-second time. The aim of the Awards is to give due recognition to architecture produced in the Girona region that demonstrates professional quality and precision.
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The new issue of Quaderns features articles on...
The new issue of Quaderns features articles on...
A new issue of the COAC’s magazine Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme has been published, which is now available to members at the various Association offices. This is issue number 271, entitled About Buildings & Food. Edited by the architect Xavier Monteys, the latest Quaderns looks at the relationship between food, architecture and the city.
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DEADLINE EXTENDED. Registration open for the 4t...
DEADLINE EXTENDED. Registration open for the 4t...
REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL APRIL 12th, 2019 The European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA opens its 4th edition. This biennial event, organized by the COAC (Architects' Association of Catalonia) and the AADIPA (Association of Architects for Architectural Heritage Protection and Intervention), aims to distinguish quality interventions in heritage and contribute to their dissemination.
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Sign up for 'Architecture in the Classroom...
Sign up for 'Architecture in the Classroom...
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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
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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.
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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".
