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iGuzzini Illuminazione Ibérica Headquarters in Barcelona, Spain

SpainHouses.netJuly 3, 2013July 3, 2013Leave a comment

iGuzzini Barcelona Corporate Building by Josep Miàs has has got the following prizes: Winner at the A+ Architizer Awards,Winner at the Building of the Year Award by Archdaily, Shortlisted at the WAF World Architecture Awards and Finalist at Work of the Year by Plataforma Arquitectura.

iGuzzini Sky is located at one of the major highway interchanges of the Barcelona area (Catalonia, Spain), in an extremely very fragile landscape. In order to avoid modifying the existing topography, a large part of the building’s programme is underground while the rest, the office building, stands above the ground, suspended in the air. iGuzzini Sky is, at heart, an R&D centre for the development of technical knowledge and expertise in lighting systems, the facilities for which are located both inside and outside the building. Most of the programme is housed in the huge underground container—built with concrete walls and screens, and barely disturbing the natural lay of the site—volume it shares with spaces for stock and distribution, product management, a showroom and a garage. Of these only the stockroom requires natural light, and thus is equipped with some skylights in a roof that also serves as a showroom for outdoor lighting systems.

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Architecture in Spain: Gas Natural Headquarters, Barcelona

SpainHouses.netJune 5, 2013June 11, 2013Leave a comment

The aim was to create an urban landmark in the skyline of Barcelona (Spain) whilst setting a connection with the low-rise houses of the neighbourhood and to generate quality public spaces.

The constructible volume allows it to connect with the many contemporary buildings which have started to appear on the skyline of the city. Miralles Tagliabue( EMBT) also try to make the design compatible with the surrounding urban houses and park in the small scale district of la Barceloneta. It has the verticality of an office tower, whilst at the same time offering an entrance that shows the representative character of the building from a view of the interior.

The application of the various facades follows a similar criteria. A series of large windows create interest close up, while the interesting arrangement of the building protects it from the sun and noise and shows a series of abstract volumes.

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Architecture in Spain: Casa Vicens by Antoni Gaudí, Barcelona

SpainHouses.netMay 22, 2013April 2, 2020Leave a comment

Casa Vicens was Antoni Gaudí's first major commission in the city of Barcelona (Cataluña) Combining Gothic and Mudéjar (or, Moorish) styles, Casa Vicens set the tone for Gaudí's later work. Many of Gaudi's trademarks are already present in Casa Vicens: bright colors, extensive tile work and elaborately decorated chimneys.

Casa Vicens also reflects Gaudí's love of nature. Plants that had to be destroyed to build Casa Vicens are incorporated into the building.

Casa Vicens was built as a private home for industrialist Manuel Vicens. The house was enlarged in 1925 by Joan Serra de Martínez. Casa Vicens was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.

Currently, Casa Vicens is for sale with an asking price of 30 million euros.

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A green wall by Capella Garcia Architecture in Barcelona

SpainHouses.netMay 15, 2013April 2, 2020Leave a comment

Since at least Babylonian times, hanging gardens of significant scale have been thought of as wondrous things. But beyond the spectacle of the garden itself, is the structure within which the garden is created. Capella Garcia Architecture have designed this hanging garden or, as they tend to be known these days, a green wall, to be around for some time. The garden especially when the planting is fully mature will be wondrous if not on the scale of the ancient mystical gardens. But I imagine that many, even without the plants, would be happy to sit and stare at the structure for a while.

Green wall products on the market tend to be cheap plastic affairs that can accommodate plants of a certain limited size. They tend to been used as a canvas in which different coloured, or structured plants are used as pixels to draw a large, if abstract design.

This project in Barcelona (Spain) has a substantial galvanized steel frame creating eight levels which are accessed via a stair. It is altogether more substantial than the usual living wall described above, and with imaginative management could become a type of social garden where local residents could come together to tend it, exchanging flowers, produce, gossip and goodwill.

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Casa Batlló, Gaudí’s Architectural Treasure in Barcelona, Spain 1

SpainHouses.netFebruary 20, 2013February 20, 20131 Comment

Casa Batlló, built between 1904 and 1906 in the heart of Barcelona (Spain), is the most emblematic work of the brilliant Catalan architect.

Gaudí gave Casa Batlló a facade that is original, fantastical and full of imagination. He replaced the original facade with a new composition of stone and glass. He ordered the external walls to be redesigned to give them a wavy shape, which was then plastered with lime mortar and covered with a mosaic of fragments of coloured glass and ceramic discs.

Casa Batlló is a key feature in the architecture of modernist Barcelona. Nowadays, the spectacular facade is an iconic landmark in the city. The "Manzana de la Discordia", or Block of Discord, is a series of buildings in Passeig de Gràcia. It is home to a collection of works by the most renowned architects, amongst which is Casa Batlló. The house, now a museum, is open to the public, both for cultural visits and for celebrating events in its splendid modernist function rooms.

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Ideal Duplex for sale in Barcelona City Centre 4

SpainHouses.netJanuary 25, 2013January 25, 20134 Comments

2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Resale

Amazing duplex with terrace in Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona.
This property is an upscale penthouse with a splendid terrace. Recently refurbished has great detail and excellent finishes. The location is unbeatable. An investment forever. The terrace overlooking Plaza Catalunya is a luxury available to very few.

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Architecture: W Barcelona Hotel

SpainHouses.netJanuary 16, 2013January 16, 2013Leave a comment

An icon of avant-garde architecture, the new W Barcelona Hotel rises high above the Mediterranean, in one of Spain’s most appealing cities: Barcelona (Cataluña).

The massive building was envisioned by modern architect Ricardo Bofill and decorated by Charles Farruggio. A unique display of color and comfort, the 473 guest rooms invite tourists worldwide to have a taste of opulent contemporary Spanish living.

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Endesa Pavilion, Smart City Expo, Barcelona, Spain

SpainHouses.netSeptember 19, 2012April 2, 2020Leave a comment

The Endesa Pavilion, in Barcelona, is an experimental project from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia which explores how technology can create architectures that are adaptive to particular environments, and particular conditions.

The building starts with a simple premiss of a timber box with a grid façade on which modular components can be mounted. From an analysis of the building orientation and latitude, maps of insolation density can be created which allows façade components to be generated whose forms respond to the precise conditions expected at that point on the building. Moving across the façade each component will be different as its form is optimised to best meet the parameters to which it must respond. In this case that means providing shade and generating electricity from PV cells.

The complexity and variety of components generated is not an issue in terms of manufacture or assembly. Each component is CNC cut according to the shape sent to it from the CAD file meaning that infinite variety is possible at virtually no additional cost. Assembly issues are also resolved within the software so that when the components come to site they are pre-drilled and slotted and can be assembled like flat pack furniture. On this building it meant the whole thing could be assembled in a month.
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Barcelona Meeting Point 2012 has already confirmed the participation of 74 Russian investors and estate agencies

SpainHouses.netSeptember 10, 2012September 10, 2012Leave a comment

The XVI real estate exhibition Barcelona Meeting Point (BMP)

To be held from 17 to 21 October at the Fira Montjuïc in Barcelona, has already confirmed the participation of 74 Russian investors and estate agencies, and the list is at disposal of the real estates who have confirmed their presence in ‘Russian Meeting Point’.

As reported by BMP, the show will host a minimum of ten meetings 'face to face' with investors and Russian agencies, for those companies who book an exhibitor before October 10, which will cost 6,000 €.

The BMP is the only professional and international real estate exhibition placed in Spain since 1997, founded by the Consortium of Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB), which allows the meeting between real estate professionals, to know new investment opportunities and to get project funding, among others aspects.

The Agbar Tower in Barcelona

SpainHouses.netAugust 4, 2012April 2, 2020Leave a comment

This Tower might be a distant echo of old Catalan obsessions, carried on the winds that blow in from Montserrat. Inspired by the architectural legacy left behind by Gaudí and by the hills of Montserrat, the Agbar Tower rises from the ground with the power and lightness of a geyser, touching the blue skies of Barcelona.

Two non-concentric oval cylinders crowned by a glass and steel dome. The inner cylinder holds the vertical traffic nucleus and the installations.

Between this central axis and the exterior there are 31 spacious floors without internal columns.

Its first skin, covering the concrete wall, is a layer of polished aluminium in earthy tones and blues, greens and greys, decomposing as they gain in height. The second skin is made up of 59.619 sheets of clear and translucent glass.

Source: torreagbar.com