"L'arquitectura de la biblioteca", més accessible
L'obra de Romero, cap de la unitat d'Arquitectura Bibliotecària de la Diputació de Barcelona, va ser publicada en paper per darrera vegada a la col·lecció Papers Sert del COAC l'any 2008.
El llibre pretén ser un instrument per planificar i projectar de forma integral una biblioteca, a partir del treball comú entre arquitectes, bibliotecaris i usuaris.
Es tracta d'una monografia basada en la realitat bibliotecària del país, que omple el buit existent quant a publicacions especialitzades en aquest tema.
Follow the 'YES to Architecture' campaign
In the context of the preparation of the LCSP (Law on Professional Associations and Services), the Architects' Association of Catalonia has been working in order to support architecture and reveal the social role of architects. To this end, the COAC has made two videos, for which we are asking your help to disseminate.
The first video, What it is to be an Architect, is a Catalan adaptation of an original production by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), which was presented last June and is already proving to be a great success on social networks, where it has already been viewed 2,900 times. The other video sums up the YES to Architecture campaign, and has been visited over 1,800 times.
You can also download the YES to Architecture logo and use it as your screensaver or send it to your friends.
You can follow us on our Twitter account @COACatalunya with the hashtag #SÍalaArquitectura.
View all the digitized versions of Quaderns
You can now consult all the issues of the Quaderns journal from 1944 to 2010 with a new feature that makes it quicker and easier to view each issue in the 'Publications' section.
The digitization of 66 years of the history of Quaderns has become a milestone in the dissemination of architecture, borne out by the fact that between 2009 and November 2013 some 235,000 views from all over the world were recorded.
View the digitized Quaderns journals here
Download the book on the history of the Association
The book Architects’ Association of Catalonia. 1874-1962 looks back over the first half-century of the Association from its foundation through to its move to Plaça Nova.
According to its authors, architects Enric Granell and Antoni Ramon, the book 'focuses on relating the cultural activities of architects’ associations and at the same time provides a history of Catalan architecture from the perspective of its local associations.' In short, it takes you on a journey through the living history of the collective, represented by a series of well-known names.
The achievements of the men and women who have consolidated the Association show that 'over a century and a half, Catalan architects have understood that they have a role to play in public life and a duty to perform it'.
Taking as a starting point the embryo of the current association, the Architects’ Association of Catalonia, the book covers the almost nine decades of the organization through to its move into the building that Xavier Busquets designed in Plaça Nova, opposite the Cathedral, in 1962.
From this link you can view and download the book about the Association