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The New Encantes Barcelona by b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos
The old Encantes Barcelona or Fira Bellcaire is one of the oldest markets in Europe. Certain references date its origin in the fourteenth century, being a witness over commercial dynamism of our city.
Popularly known as the Old Encantes, is more than just an antique market and peddling, orienting its centennial activity and apparent tentativeness to current demand, making available to the consumer an offer alternative to current models of distribution and trade.
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Contemporary Residential Design: Captivating Loft in Barcelona
This fascinating home in Terrassa (Barcelona, Spain), takes a completely different approach toward contemporary design. Crafted with innovative charm by Estudio Egue y Seta, the interior of this loft welcomes ample ventilation along with plenty of natural goodness.
Draped in warm materials such as iroko and oak wood, the home offers the perfect backdrop for plenty of shrubs ad potted plants. The extensive use of glass to create a seamless interior where one room flows into the next also ensures a wonderful visual continuity of space and light. The entire loft assumes a chic industrial style with exposed brick walls, metallic pipes and stylish pendants in copper hues making their presence felt. Yet, the ambiance is kept pleasant and serene while comfy couches and throw pillows add softness to the revamped house.
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Outstanding and Minimalist Home in Barcelona
Located in Igualada, Barcelona, this exclusive residence was crafted by the ingenious minds at Jaime Prous Architects. Built from pristine white stone brought in from Capri, the house beautifully combines lovely courtyards and serene interiors to achieve the right balance between open interiors and complete privacy. The design seems almost futuristic from the outside, as the three large, slim white forms converge to create a secluded haven in the heart of bustling Barcelona.
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Villa For Sale in Vilassar de Dalt (Barcelona)
Large country style villa with sea view next to Barcelona, in Vilassar de Dalt
Very sunny situated villa with a surface of approx. 1770 m² on a property of 3625 m². The villa is situated in one of the nicest residential areas of the Costa Maresme it is aprox. 20 km north-westerly from Barcelona. It comes with 7 bedrooms, a more than generous kitchen, 3 living rooms with chimney and eating area, 5 baths different terraces and a garden with grill place and indoor pool. Also there is a house for staff with 2 bedrooms, kitchen, bath and living area. All in the best state and good equipped with air-conditioning, electrical generator and different cold storage rooms for events and an underground parking for 7 cars. Only 3 km of the beach. Sea view.
The price is 5,000,000 €.
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World Interior of the Year, Carrer Avinyó, Barcelona
Apartment in Barrio Gotico, Barcelona
Carrer Avinyó is a piano nobile apartment in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona (Catalonia). The apartment is situated on the corner of a significant local crossroads. Like the Flatiron Building in New York, where Broadway cuts diagonally across the city grid, the apartment building has a distinctive triangular form that is echoed in the adjacent public space, Plaça George Orwell. A primary design move in the apartment’s refurbishment was to take advantage of this special situation by removing all of the interior cross walls to create one large corner room.
The apartment will be the holiday home of two brothers who grew up in Barcelona (Catalonia). The new mosaic floor of the apartment is decorated with a triangular pattern that matches the geometry of the plan. The tile pattern is graded in colour from green at one end of the apartment to red at the other to differentiate the brothers' private spaces. The encaustic tiles were manufactured by Mosaics Martí, suppliers of tiles to Antoni Gaudí.
Bedrooms were created inside large pieces of furniture that have the appearance of small buildings – the city beyond the apartment walls is mirrored by a diminutive city within. The high-level library becomes balconies that connect each bedroom to their en-suite bathrooms. A large, specially-designed dining table stands at the street corner where the red and green tiles mix as an invitation for gatherings of friends and family.
Carrer Avinyó is shortlisted for a World Architecture Festival 2013 Inside Award and UK Interior Architect of the Year 2013.
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Architecture in Spain: Hotel Arts in Barcelona
Designed by the distinguished architect Bruce Graham of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the Hotel Arts is part of Barcelona’s recent cultural renaissance, and as modern as the city itself.
Built to coincide with the Olympic Games in 1992, this luxury hotel is a landmark on the Barceloneta boardwalk: 44 stories of blue glass and exposed steel soaring high above the seafront. Inside, hard edges and materials give way to an environment of elegance and refinement, filled with luxurious spaces to explore and discover at your leisure.
The seafront hotel overlooks the Mediterranean on the Port Olimpic, next to the marina and Barcelona’s famous beaches, and surrounded by lush terraces and lively promenades. Close by, the district of Barceloneta is a hive of characterful bars, cafes and local seafood restaurants.
The hotel’s terraced gardens bask in the dappled shade of Frank Gehry’s monumental golden fish sculpture, one of Barcelona’s most iconic works of contemporary public art.
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Lovely Country Style House in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres (Barcelona)
5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, Swimming-pool, Seaside Resort, Luxury property, In Urban Area, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Barcelona
565 m2 on three floors in prime area of Maresme. On the lower floor there is a garage with space for three cars, a basement of 60 m2 and storage room of 10m2.
On the first floor are the kitchen with access to garden, living an iron place and a guest room with bathroom.
The house has a two-level living room with fireplace and access to the porch.
On the top floor is the children's area with games room and two bedrooms with their own bathrooms. It also has suite with shower and bath tub with exit to the terrace.
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Luxury house for sale in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres (Barcelona)
4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, Swimming-pool, Seaside Resort, Second Hand, Luxury property, In Urban Area
Beautiful design house in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Barcelona. Peace and relaxation is what this place offers. Comfort, luxury and good taste. With an area of 1500m2, the house is spread over three floors connected by stairs and an elevator. It has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, incredible terraces overlooking the garden, pool, garage for 6 cars and recreation area.
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Media-ICT office building in Barcelona designed by Cloud 9
Cloud 9 won the top price at the World Architecture Festival 2011 with their Media-ICT office building for Barcelona’s new 22@ district.The Barcelona-based architecture office Cloud 9 Architects won the award World Building of the Year 2011 at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain, with their Media-ICT office building.
The architects of Cloud 9 explain that they intended to convey with the Media-ICT building’s façade that the “construction is built from the top and moves downwards, becoming transparent, anti-gravitational, and almost liquid at the bottom”
The façade facing south is made of inflatable ETFE cushions that act as a variable sunscreen – opening in winter to gain solar energy, and closing in summer to protect and shade. At the southwest façade Nitrogen-based fog is introduced in these cushions to increase their opacity and thus to screen off the building’s users.
The photovoltaic roof, the use of District Cooling and smart sensors are additional features that allow optimize energy use within the Media-ICT building.
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