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Wabi-sabi philosophy leads revamp of Palau apartment in Barcelona

December 9, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Local studio Colombo and Serboli Architecture has completed a clean and contemporary renovation of an apartment in Barcelona, spotlighting some of its “imperfect” original features. The Palau apartment is situated a stone’s throw from the city’s Palau de la Música concert hall and backs onto a cluster of secluded courtyards. Its owner, an Italian fashion

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Masquespacio designs “metaverse world” for Mango Teen store

August 3, 2022 Amy Peacock 0

Orange and green shop interior of Mango Teen

Spanish design agency Masquespacio has created the interior of the first Mango Teen shop in Barcelona, which was informed by the metaverse and aims to provide an interactive and dream-like shopping experience. Designed for customers aged 11 to 13, Masquespacio used graphic shapes to outline clothing displays and a colour palette of oranges and greens

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Rockwell Group blends Japanese and Spanish design in Nobu Hotel Barcelona

June 29, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Lounge area in the suits of Nobu Hotel Barcelona by Rockwell Group

New York studio Rockwell Group has mixed references to traditional Japanese crafts and the work of Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi in its interior design for this hotel in Barcelona by American hospitality brand Nobu. Located in the former Gran Hotel Torre de Catalunya near Barcelona’s main train station, the 250-room hotel is topped with a Nobu

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Twisting bamboo installation weaves through Barcelona’s Casa Loewe

June 21, 2022 James Parkes 0

Spanish fashion brand Loewe has reopened its Barcelona flagship, which it has transformed into a gallery-like space with an undulating bamboo installation that winds across its surfaces. Casa Loewe is set inside Casa Lléo Morera, a modernist building created by Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner off one of the Spanish city’s major shopping streets.

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NeuronaLab reorganises Barcelona loft with blue stair storage unit

June 10, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

Woman deciding stairs in Loft in Poblenou by Neuronalab

A large blue unit provides extra space and storage in a compact Barcelona apartment, which has been renovated by local architecture studio NeuronaLab. The renovation transforms Loft in Poblenou, a former studio loft, into a two-bedroom apartment with a separate, dedicated workspace. The owner bought the flat 10 years ago, when he was living alone.

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The Hoxton opens Ricardo Bofill-informed hotel in Barcelona

May 29, 2022 Alice Finney 0

London-based hospitality group Ennismore has opened a hotel in the Poblenou neighbourhood of Barcelona that draws on the bright colours and architectural style of Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill. Named The Hoxton Poblenou, after the neighbourhood in the east of the city that was once a hub for the production of textiles where it is based, the 240-room hotel is The Hoxton

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“The great transformer of Barcelona” architect Oriol Bohigas dies aged 95

December 8, 2021 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Oriol Bohigas, the Catalan architect behind the modernisation of Barcelona, has died at the age of 95. Bohigas, who had Parkinson’s disease for a number of years before his death, passed away on 30 November 2021. An architect and urban planner who co-founded the firm MBM Arquitectes, he was best known for his work transforming

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Kengo Kuma designs sculptural metal-mesh curtain for Gaudí’s Casa Battló

August 3, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Kengo Kuma and Associates has used 164,000 metres of aluminium chains to create this curtain that references the organic forms found inside Barcelona’s renovated Casa Battló. The intervention by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma’s studio is part of an extensive renovation of the house designed by the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí in 1904. Casa Battló

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Five notable projects by emerging Spanish architecture collective Lacol

April 8, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

From a converted ship-sail factory to a housing cooperative built from cross-laminated timber, here’s a look at five significant projects by the emerging architecture collective Lacol. The 14-strong group of Spanish architects (above) came together as students in Barcelona in 2009 and today operate as an architecture cooperative that strives for social and environmental justice

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Assorted bricks give texture to facade of Camp del Ferro sports centre in Barcelona

January 23, 2021 Amy Frearson 0

Brick facade of Camp del Ferro sports centre in Barcelona

A mix of solid and perforated bricks creates rich patterns in the facade of this Barcelona sports centre, completed by three collaborating architecture studios. Albert Salazar Junyent and Joan Carles Navarro of AIA, Antoni Barceló and Bárbara Balanzó of Barceló-Balanzó Arquitectes, and Gustau Gili Galfetti all teamed up on the design of Camp del Ferro.

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