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Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
5 days ago

House in Cervello / arqbag

A single-family home designed by arqbag features two isolated volumes with an atrium for entrances and multipurpose space, completed in 2024.
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 days ago

Tiled Sky Pavilion / Hector Navarro + ARKHITEKTON + Rodia Valladares + Ana Maria Flor

The project reinterprets traditional construction systems to create new spatial and environmental conditions through an innovative roof design.
#barcelona
fromArchDaily
1 week ago
Barcelona

SANAA, David Chipperfield Architects, and Snhetta Among Five Finalists for Barcelona's New Waterfront Cultural Venue, Liceu Mar

FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
2 weeks ago

Barcelona set plans for another Camp Nou renovation, stadium will close | Barca Universal

Barcelona plans to install a roof at Spotify Camp Nou in 2027, impacting where the team plays during the 2027/28 season.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
1 month ago

What's the biggest 'what if' moment in modern Barcelona history?

Barcelona's modern history includes pivotal 'what if' moments tied to missed opportunities, departures of talent, and key defeats.
Barcelona
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

SANAA, David Chipperfield Architects, and Snhetta Among Five Finalists for Barcelona's New Waterfront Cultural Venue, Liceu Mar

Barcelona selects five finalist teams for the Liceu Mar cultural venue competition at Port Vell, aiming to enhance accessibility and civic engagement.
Barcelona
fromConde Nast Traveler
2 weeks ago

7 Affordable Hotels in Barcelona That Don't Skimp on Style

Barcelona offers a range of affordable boutique hotels that reflect its cool, cultural vibe, making it an appealing city break.
#salvador-daliacute
Graphic design
fromDesign Milk
2 weeks ago

Faro Barcelona Grounds Us In Reality With 'Tierra, Mar y Aire'

Nature inspires sustainable design through materiality, emphasizing the importance of circularity and innovative production methods like 3D printing.
FC Barcelona
fromDesign Milk
1 week ago

RS Barcelona Fuses Simplicity and Substance in the Sea Bench

The Seu Bench by RS Barcelona emphasizes simplicity and functionality, inviting users to pause and engage in social interactions.
#spotify-camp-nou
Barcelona
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

UIA 2026 Barcelona Reveals Program Structured Around Six Thematic "Becomings"

Barcelona will host the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026, focusing on architecture's role in environmental and societal transitions.
Barcelona
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Barcelona Architecture City Guide: 30 Buildings and Places from Gaudi to Today

Barcelona's architecture evolved from Gothic foundations through Modernist experimentation to contemporary design, each era reshaping urban form and establishing global architectural influence.
fromBarca Universal
3 weeks ago

Barcelona's Spotify Camp Nou project enters its final phase | Barca Universal

The third tier is now largely formed, with concrete almost entirely poured across the upper sections, with only a small portion above the South Stand remaining unfinished.
FC Barcelona
fromWarpweftandway
1 month ago

Barcelona Principles for a Globally Inclusive Philosophy

The Barcelona Principles for a Globally Inclusive Philosophy manifesto was published in 2021, aiming to address the structural inequality between native and non-native speakers in academic philosophy. A number of journals and societies, as well as many individuals, have signed the manifesto.
Philosophy
Barcelona
fromCN Traveller
3 weeks ago

This popular European city is doubling its overnight tourist tax

Barcelona is doubling tourist taxes starting April to reduce over-tourism and address housing affordability, with revenue directed toward the city's housing crisis.
#picasso
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 weeks ago

El Retiro Spa / Mendiola Arregui

This project is born as a retreat space, conceived from introspection. A personal and private spa in the mountains of Tapalpa, where the architecture deliberately renounces the idea of a facade: there is no gesture towards the outside, no frontal composition. The building seeks not to be seen, but to be inhabited.
Renovation
Miscellaneous
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

La Sagrada Familia's Milestone and New Housing Futures: This Week's Review

Architecture addresses social justice through housing rights, heritage preservation, and community-building while responding to labor equity and resource governance challenges.
#roman-archaeology
#stadium-expansion
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

La Montse and Manel's House / OBO Estudi

The building is located on a plot close to the urban center of Sant Esteve de Palautordera, near the Montseny Natural Park. Despite being in a privileged environment, the urban conditions of the area allow for little separation between homes, and the developers request a single-story construction.
Renovation
#antoni-gaudi
Travel
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

This sun-soaked Spanish city is the most exciting European destination for 2026

Valencia in 2026 offers a rare total solar eclipse, Las Fallas UNESCO anniversary, major sports events and strong coastal, walkable appeal amid record tourism.
fromCosmopolitan
2 months ago

These Six Couples Are So In Love in Barcelona

Oskar: We matched on Tinder in Bali the day before he left, so we didn't physically meet. He was living in Melbourne at the time, and I actually had plans to move there. Santi: A month later, I asked him on a date. We watched Bridesmaids at an outdoor cinema. Oskar: I was obsessed. But I didn't have a permanent place to live... Santi: ...which is when my friend and I found a three-bedroom and needed another roommate. Oskar: We moved in as friends. Santi: At least, that was the plan. But that first night, I was really cold and I found my way into his room.
Relationships
Barcelona
fromEuro Weekly News
1 month ago

The week Barcelona becomes the centre of the future

Barcelona hosts the 20th Mobile World Congress with over 110,000 visitors expected, showcasing AI breakthroughs, space technology, and future mobility innovations while generating approximately €585 million for the local economy.
Remodel
fromArchitectural Digest
2 months ago

Restoring a Seriously '80s Madrid Apartment To Its Former Golden Age Glory

A 646-square-foot Madrid apartment was transformed into a luminous, sophisticated multifunctional home by removing internal partitions and creating an open-plan living, dining, and kitchen.
France news
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

How This Skyscraper Ruined Paris, and Why They're Now Trying to Make It Invisible

Tour Montparnasse symbolizes Parisian modernity and commercialism but remains widely disliked as the city's lone central skyscraper, contrasting with celebrated landmarks like the Eiffel Tower.
Travel
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

15 Architectural Destinations to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2026

Malacca and Macau showcase diverse architectural and cultural fusion from Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Malay, and international influences, attracting culinary tourism and major casino-driven economies.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

curved bodies organize sequence of gardens in spanish home by fran silvestre arquitectos

Villa Lago uses an ascending, stepped composition of curved longitudinal volumes to maximize garden contact and organize domestic life around five distinct open-air courtyard spaces.
Travel
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

My Favourite Airbnb: an artful townhouse with Mallorcan soul

A sunlit, sandstone Mallorcan townhouse blends sculptural architecture, vintage furnishings and a creative village setting with easy access to water and local cafés.
Barcelona
fromEuro Weekly News
1 month ago

Barcelona tops "bleisure" rankings

Barcelona ranks as Europe's top 'bleisure' destination, scoring 79.5 on the Bleisure Index, combining business infrastructure with leisure activities and tourism appeal.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

How Madrid's Prado Museum is trying to avoid becoming like the Metro at rush-hour'

Friday morning found Diego Velazquez striking the familiar pose he has held for the past 370 years, staring out, brush in one hand, palette in the other, from the huge canvas of Las Meninas. The 14 people who stood before the painting to meet the Spanish artist's haughty gaze not to mention the heavy eyes of the dozy mastiff in the picture's foreground were among the first visitors of the day to Madrid's Prado Museum.
Miscellaneous
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

united visual artists animates gaudi's casa batllo facade through embodied motion

Matt Clark's Hidden Order projects dynamic audiovisual mapping onto Casa Batlló, integrating motion-capture choreography and original score to reveal hidden architectural systems.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

House 1627 / HARQUITECTES

A new house rises on the ruins of Mas Geli, reinterpreting vernacular architecture while integrating into the agricultural landscape of Baix Empordà.
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Requena Pantheon / Belen Ilarri Studio

The design of this pantheon challenges the classic structures aiming to host the eternity. Unlike the traditional pantheons in the area, this project full of meaning and coherence balances unusual materials within the traditional enclave in the Requena cemetery.
Design
#sagrada-familia
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Spain's Cosmic Mother of Modernism

MADRID - The most famous portrait of Maruja Mallo depicts the artist covered from head to toe in seaweed. She is crowned and draped with long, rope-like strands of kelp, her arms raised triumphantly like an all-powerful marine goddess. This unconventional photograph, snapped in 1945 by the poet Pablo Neruda on a Chilean beach, was no doubt carefully orchestrated by the Spanish artist, who viewed herself as an extension of her unique work, where female energy is a conduit for natural and even cosmic forces.
Arts
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Between Materials and Memory: Three Madrid Architecture Practices on Heritage Rehabilitation

Ba-rro: "Our starting point is always the context and what already exists." We are interested in recognizing the value of things simply because they are there, without assuming that everything must be preserved as a matter of principle. The question isn't what can be kept, but what deserves to be kept in each specific project. The decision to preserve, reveal, or remove doesn't stem from universal values or a nostalgic impulse, but from a situated interpretation:
Renovation
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
1 month ago

What is the single most important thing Barcelona must do this summer?

Decide on key contract and transfer moves: resolve Lewandowski, Rashford, Ferran Torres statuses and prioritise signing a new center-back.
#fc-barcelona
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
1 month ago

Barcelona go over-budget by 200-300 million in Spotify Camp Nou renovation works | Barca Universal

Barcelona's Camp Nou renovation is significantly delayed and overbudget, now costing over €1.2 billion and reopening phases still incomplete.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
2 months ago

Barcelona working behind the scenes to host 2030 FIFA World Cup final at Camp Nou | Barca Universal

Barcelona is bidding to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup final at Spotify Camp Nou and has submitted its candidacy to the Royal Spanish Football Federation and FIFA.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
2 months ago

Barcelona on the right track to secure the future of La Masia jewel | Barca Universal

Ebrima Tunkara, 15, is expected to stay at Barcelona as the club plans his development through La Masia toward the first team despite no agreement.
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