Antoni Gaudi Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí I Cornet( 1852-1926) is famous worldwide for his immense talent and leadership in modernism. This brilliant architect invented a unique, personal and unprecedented architectural…
When it was built in 1947, the Gran Teatre del Liceu was the largest in Europe. For its structure, the architect Miquel Garriga I Roca was explicitly inspired by the…
It was designed by the extraordinary English architect Norman Foster, here is one of his quotes: “As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past,…
An oasis of tranquility away from Barcelona’s bustling city streets, the pavilion by Mies Van der Rohe and Lilli Reich was Germany’s re-appearance on the world stage after the First…
Spain is well-known for its culture, food, arts and literature, bullfights, the La Tomatina festival, football (or soccer), wine and the architecture in Spain. But there are so many interestingly…
The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) will be the first building to be built under the ambitious ‘Ciutadella de Coneixement Initiative. This initiative developed by the Barcelona City…
Through various good works, interior designers in Barcelona have been trying to make the city look better. Barcelona, Northeastern Spain’s coast, is home to the city of Catalan. It is…
Smart buildings have been a topic of much discussion and debate over the last decade. Ideas ranging from sustainability to infusing AI into a building’s skeleton have been a new…
Cycling is perhaps the most environmentally friendly means of urban transportation, as it can be used for both short and medium-distance excursions that are too long to be covered by…
Ain’t we live in an era where smartness is no more about intelligence and skill but about having smartphones, laptops, assistants (we all are familiar with Alexa and Siri), smart…
The International Union of Architects (UIA) is a non-profit and non-governmental organization founded in 1948. UIA, with the support of UNESCO, initiated the election of the title of World Capital…
The 368 pages of Gaudi – The Complete Buildings by Rainer Zerbst takes its reader to Spain’s Catalan world adorned by colourful and shimmering mosaic textures, the skeletal forms of…