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Video reveals Sagrada Familia becoming tallest church in the world

November 6, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has become the world’s tallest church with the latest addition to the tower of Jesus Christ, which has been captured in this video. The footage shows the lower portion of a cross being lifted into place on the central and tallest tower, marking the start of the final phase of

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Cometa Architects designs Barcelona apartment with “hand fan” layout

October 22, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

Local studio Cometa Architects has added a custom-made central staircase and created circular cutouts to showcase a historic brick ceiling at Éventail, a Barcelona home filled with tactile details. The project takes its name from the layout of the 162-square-metre apartment, which resembles a traditional handheld ribbed fan. “The project unfolds around the metaphor of

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Hidden bookcase-door conceals rooms in minimalist Barcelona apartment

November 6, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Japanese design principles were combined with Mediterranean materials inside this compact apartment designed by Miriam Barrio Studio in Barcelona, Spain. Referencing themes from the Japanese design principle Kanso, which prioritises simplicity, Miriam Barrio Studio set out to create an interior scheme characterised by minimalist design and adaptable spaces. “The design of the apartment is based

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Hidden bookcase-door conceals rooms in minimalist Barcelona apartment

November 6, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Japanese design principles were combined with Mediterranean materials inside this compact apartment designed by Miriam Barrio Studio in Barcelona, Spain. Referencing themes from the Japanese design principle Kanso, which prioritises simplicity, Miriam Barrio Studio set out to create an interior scheme characterised by minimalist design and adaptable spaces. “The design of the apartment is based

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DataAE and Xavier Vendrell balance Barcelona housing block on steep site

October 30, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Spanish architecture studios DataAE and Xavier Vendrell have balanced two rows of social housing on a hillside in Barcelona overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The project includes 39 units – a total of 4,785 square metres (51,500 square feet) – broken into three volumes that are oriented towards the water. Claudi Aguiló and Albert Domingo, who

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Álvaro Siza steps orange-hued concrete home into sloped site in Barcelona

October 3, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has completed Colien House, a three-storey concrete home embedded into a hill that overlooks a beach in Barcelona. Made from orange-tinted exposed concrete, Siza designed each floor in the house with an outdoor terrace to extend the internal spaces and provide a connection with the surrounding sloped terrain and nearby sea. “The

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Álvaro Siza steps orange-hued concrete home into sloped site in Barcelona

October 3, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has completed Colien House, a three-storey concrete home embedded into a hill that overlooks a beach in Barcelona. Made from orange-tinted exposed concrete, Siza designed each floor in the house with an outdoor terrace to extend the internal spaces and provide a connection with the surrounding sloped terrain and nearby sea. “The

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Gold-leaf wall divides renovated Barcelona apartment by Raúl Sánchez Architects

September 10, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Raúl Sánchez has renovated a flat in a typical Barcelona apartment building, adding built-in cabinetry and furnishings in hues that echo the original mosaic flooring. The 85-square-metre flat was created following the subdivision of a larger apartment with aspects towards the Carrer d’Enric Granados on one side and a large internal courtyard on the

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Villain House is a concrete replica of an old Barcelona townhouse

August 29, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local studio Architecture Office Claudia Raurell has replaced a dilapidated townhouse in Barcelona with a concrete home that mimics its original footprint. Named Villain House, the home incorporates the existing front facade, which Architecture Office Claudia Raurell said was the only salvageable part of the structure. The new volume has a blocky, straw-coloured concrete structure

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“There is a tipping point of too much exposed concrete” says commenter

August 16, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a house in Barcelona with “robust and monolithic” walls formed of tactile poured concrete completed by Spanish studio H Arquitectes. H Arquitectes created a skylit, triple-height atrium at the home’s centre that is framed by concrete columns and balconies above. “There is a tipping point of too

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