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The Cerdá Plan. The Cerdà Plan was a plan to reform and expand the city of Barcelona created in 1860 that followed the criteria of the Hippodamus plan, with a grid structure, open and egalitarian. It was created by the civil engineer Ildefons Cerdà and its approval was followed by a strong controversy for having been imposed by the ...
Forum Building. The Forum Building ( Catalan: Edifici Fòrum, IPA: [əðiˈfisi ˈfɔɾum]; Spanish: Edificio Fórum ), is an architectural landmark in Barcelona designed by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron ( Herzog & de Meuron ). The building is triangular in shape, measuring 180 metres on each side and 25 metres in ...
Designed by Modernista architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, la Casa de les Punxes is located in the intersection of the three surrounding streets Avinguda Diagonal, Carrer Rosselló and Carrer Bruc, in the Eixample of Barcelona. In 1905, Bartomeu Terradas Brutau commissioned Josep Puig i Cadafalch to design a house for each of his three sisters ...
Passeig de Gràcia, 35. 41°23′28″N 2°09′56″E. / 41.391216°N 2.165452°E / 41.391216; 2.165452 ( Casa Lleó Morera) Lluís Domènech i Montaner. A building originally constructed in 1864 but renovated in 1902. In 1906 it received an award for the best building of the year from the Barcelona City Council. Casa Calvet.
The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art ( Catalan: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, IPA: [muˈzɛw ˈðaɾt kuntəmpuˈɾani ðə βəɾsəˈlonə], MACBA, Catalan: [ˈmagbə]) is a contemporary art museum situated in the Plaça dels Àngels, in El Raval neighborhood, Ciutat Vella district, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum ...
The urban planning of Barcelona developed in accordance with the historical and territorial changes of the city, and in line with other defining factors of public space, such as architecture, urban infrastructure and the adaptation and maintenance of natural spaces, parks and gardens . The urban evolution of Barcelona has been constant since ...
El Poblenou ( Catalan for 'new village'; Catalan pronunciation: [əl ˌpɔbːləˈnɔw]) is an extensive neighborhood of Barcelona ’s Sant Martí district that borders the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Sant Adrià del Besòs to the east, Parc de la Ciutadella in Ciutat Vella to the west, and Sant Andreu to the north. Considered one of the ...
Torre Mapfre. / 41.38778°N 2.19750°E / 41.38778; 2.19750. Torre Mapfre is a skyscraper in the Port Olímpic (Olympic Port), the maritime neighborhood of the Old City of Barcelona in Spain. It is named after its owner, Mapfre, an insurance company. Also present in the tower are: Haufe Group, Kantox, ExoClick, Dorlet, Europerfil, Madrid ...