Architecture Guide to Barcelona: 1860-2002

Gausa, Manuel; Cervello, Marta; Pla, Maurici

 
9788489698321: Architecture Guide to Barcelona: 1860-2002

Synopsis

Esta guía recoge una extensa selección revisada y actualizada de arquitectura en Barcelona desde 1860 hasta 2002, que abarca desde las manifestaciones arquitectónicas del modernismo y novecentismo, las propuestas más innovadoras del Movimiento Moderno, como el Pabellón Alemán de 1929, las obras racionalistas concebidas durante los años cuarenta y cincuenta, los grandes proyectos de vivienda y equipamientos construidos desde los años setenta hasta los Juegos Olímpicos, y las señales de una continua redefinición urbana durante los años noventa.

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Synopsis

This guide brings together the most interesting and important works in Barcelona from 1860 to 2001. This period spans the architectural manifestations of Modernisme and Noucentisme for which Barcelona is known the world over. The guide also presents the innovatory schemes of Mies van der Rohe in his German Pavilion of 1929, rationalist works conceived during the 1940s and 50s, the big housing projects from the 1970s, the Olympic architecture of the end of the 80s, and post-Olympic architecture. Each entry gives details of the architect, the dates of initial planning and final construction, the address, a brief explanatory description, the means of public transport for getting there, and any later interventions the work underwent, listing the respective authors and the date. Amplifications, alterations, restorations and reconstructions are highlighted by a coding system. The book is also available in a Spanish language version, ISBN 84-89698-47-3.

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