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post updated 21 February 2026

Barcelona Architectural Designs – chronological list

Barcelona Architecture News in 2026, Catalunya properties chronological:

20 February 2026
Sagrada Familia tower of Jesus Christ
• The Sagrada Família has culminated the tower of Jesus Christ with the upper arm of the cross
• This completes the exterior of the central tower, the Temple’s tallest

photo : Pep Daudé, © Fundació Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família

16 February 2026
Fishermans House, Cadaques, Girona, Catalunya
Architects: Bea Portabella + Jordi Pagès

4 February 2026
Forestone Cabin, MónNatura Pirineu, Planes de Son, Pyrenees, north east Spain
Architecture: The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

photo : Adrià Goula

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Barcelona Architecture News in 2025

1 December 2025
Sagrada Família hosts commemoration of hundredth anniversary of Barnabas tower:
Sagrada Familia

14 November 2025
S’Agaró Terrace Housing, Costa Brava, Catalonia
Design: MIAS Architects

27 September 2025
The Dream Space Multipurpose Multimedia Room, Tibidabo Amusement Park
Architecture: MIAS Architects

photo courtesy of architects office

8 July 2025
Camiral House, Caldes de Malavella, in the province of Girona, comarca of Selva, Catalonia, Spain
Architects: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

19 June 2025
Casa Batlló Building Restoration, Passeig de Gracia, 43, L’Eixample

photographs – left © David Cardelús ; right © Claudia Mauriño
Hidden for 100 years: Casa Batlló in Barcelona reveals the restoration of back façade and courtyard of Gaudí’s legendary building. This remarkable rediscovery reveals Casa Batlló’s back façade and private courtyard exactly as Gaudí envisioned them following the completion of the property in 1906.

13 May 2025
Casa MM3, natural park of Collserola

17 March 2025
CORA (Cathedral of Robotic Artisans), Parc de Collserola

photo : Adrià Goula
The Valldaura Labs Campus of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is located in the 135-hectare Collserola Natural Park (Barcelona). It is known for its innovative approach to using advanced technologies in its projects. Continuing with this practice, the labs have introduced a KUKA industrial robot, which is a versatile tool capable of milling, cutting wood, and other precision tasks.

“Una cambra pròpia” → Reclaiming the role of women in design at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion

An intervention at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion that reclaims the role of women in the history of design

photo : Anna Mas

Barcelona Pavilion Photos

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Barcelona Architecture News in 2024 – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

9 December 2024
ACCIONA Energía Pavilion building, Moll de la Fusta
Architects: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

photo : Adrià Goula
Located in the Moll de la Fusta, within the Port of Barcelona, the ACCIONA Energía pavilion is a physical and digital platform to engage with millions of visitors. Taking advantage of its modular, lightweight design, the structure can be assembled and disassembled with ease—an ideal trait for ephemeral architecture.

29 November 2024
Modulus Matrix Social Housing, Cornellà
Architects: Peris + Toral Arquitectes

photo © José Hevia
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Modulus Matrix: 85 Social Housing in Cornellà, an 85-unit timber-framed social housing development designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes, as the winner of the RIBA International Prize 2024.

20 November 2024
Quayola Casa Batlló façade mapping – Casa Batllo: Gaudi building

image : Claudia Maurino
In February 2025, Italian artist Quayola will present a monumental projection mapping – illuminating the façade of Casa Batlló where nature, just as in Gaudí’s legendary building, will reveal itself as a source of inspiration.

13 November 2024
Casa ACAP, Das, Catalunya
Architects: Alventosa Morell arquitectes

photo : Adrià Goula
The commission for Casa ACAP involved designing a single-family home on a compact, sloping plot in Baixa Cerdanya. Located in Das, a picturesque village in the Pyrenees with sweeping views of the Tosa de Alp Mountain, Casa ACAP is carefully positioned to capture the dramatic northern mountain views while allowing sunlight to stream in from the south.

post updated 17 October 2024
Sagrada Familia Photos
Sagrada Familia

19 September 2024
Casa 1736, Barcelona luxury home
Architects: HARQUITECTES

photograph : Adrià Goula
A house in the middle of the city. A home designed for a family of 5 or 6, with a significant program, located in an area of high urban density.

30 July 2024
Casa LA Llinars del Vallès
Architects: Alventosa Morell Arquitectes

photo © Adrià Goula
This project in Llinars del Vallès involved designing and constructing a single-family house on a well-oriented plot but with compromised privacy. Through a simple design strategy and a bioclimatic approach, Casa LA offers a sheltered atmosphere for daily life, increasing the comfort of its inhabitants and reducing energy consumption.

9 March 2024
72 Social Housing Units at the Marina del Prat Vermell
Architects/designers: MIAS Architects, together with Coll-Leclerc Architects

photo © Adrià Goula

7 March 2024
El Trull CV, Cuadrat Valley estate
Architecture: Alventosa Morell Arquitectes

photo : Adrià Goula
In 2017 Alventosa Morell Arquitectes met with the clients for the first time to talk about the possibility of designing a building like a winery, but for the production of organic oil, harvested in the more than 70Ha around it that comprise the Cuadrat Valley estate, in Les Garrigues region, in Catalonia.

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Barcelona Architecture News in 2023

Barcelona Architecture News 2023:

17 November 2023
Casa GE, Seva, Osona
Architecture: Alventosa Morell Arquitectes

15 July 2023
Casa CB, Sabadell, Catalunya
Architects: Alventosa Morell Arquitectes

photo : Adrià Goula

6 June 2023
Torre Plaza Europa 34 – see Barcelona Office Buildings
Architecture: GCA Architects

7 Mar 2023
Forest Lab for Observational Research and Analysis – FLORA, Collserola Natural Park
Architecture: IAAC and MAEBB

photo : Adria Goula
Forest Lab for Observational Research and Analysis (FLORA) is an advanced and ecological building built in Collserola Natural Park (Barcelona), and developed by a team of students and researchers of the Masters in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB).

7 Mar 2023
Compartir Restaurant, C. de Valencia, 225, 08007 Barcelona
Interior design: EL EQUIPO CREATIVO

photo : Adria Goula
The chefs of Compartir aimed to bring the essence of the Mediterranean town of Cadaques, home of their first restaurant, to their new gastronomic concept in Barcelona. Slate roads, blue windows to the Sea, vessels rocking on the bay, and wicker craftsmanship invading its streets are part of the artsy spirit of Dali’s town.

12 Jan 2023
Mercat del Peix Research Center, Marina Port Vell
Design: ZGF Architects

render : ZGF
A jury has selected ZGF Architects with its Barcelona-based teammates MIRAG/Double Twist as the architectural competition winner for the design of the net-positive Mercat del Peix Research Center whose visionary transdisciplinary research is anticipated to foster new fields of knowledge and approaches to planetary well-being. The new laboratory will unite global experts in the experimental sciences, social sciences, and humanities to address the world’s most complex and vexing challenges related to the future of our planet, including biodiversity loss and climate change economics and governance.

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Barcelona Building News 2022

Barcelona Building Design News in 2022:

20 Dec 2022
Escaleras y Mirador Vela, Passeig Maritim Barceloneta
Design: External Reference

photo : Adrià Goula
External Reference presents a new architecture and urban planning project on the Barceloneta seafront, creating a new balcony overlooking the Mediterranean as a unique viewing platform over the city, and connecting the Passeig del Mare Nostrum with Plaça de la Rosa dels Vents in Barceloneta.

30 June 2022
Marina Port Vell Barcelona
Marina Port Vell Architects: SCOB Architecture & Lanscape; Interior design: Alfons & Damián

photo courtesy of Alfons & Damián
The transformation illustrates the commitment of the marina to improve the guest experience and offer service excellence throughout to provide the ultimate sea inspired meetings and events building in Barcelona. The careful interior design project has utilised the surrounding Mediterranean Sea as the key influence, reflecting the concepts of fluidity, elegance and quality that characterise MPV.

22 June 2022
The Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Architecture – Open call for academic research

photo courtesy of Fundació Mies van der Rohe
The Fundació Mies van der Rohe celebrates the 137th anniversary of the birth of the designer and architect Lilly Reich, co-author of the German Pavilion in Barcelona, with the opening of the 3rd call for applications for the Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Architecture for academic research.

26 April 2022
Cooperativa D’habitatge La Borda, Constitució 85-89
Architects: Lacol

photo : Lacol
Lacol is a cooperative of architects established in 2009 in the neighborhood of Sants, in Barcelona. Lacol work to generate community infrastructures for the sustainability of life, as a key tool for the eco-social transition, through architecture, cooperation and participation.

14 Feb 2022
Collumpio House, Barcelona Property
Architects: MACH

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Barcelona Architecture News 2021

4 Dec 2021
‘Never Demolish‘ Intervention at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
Curators: Ilka and Andreas Ruby

photo © Anna Mas
Never Demolish, Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
The Mies van der Rohe Foundation presents the intervention “Never Demolish” curated by Ilka and Andreas Ruby based on the winning project of the EU Mies Award 2019 “Transformation of 530 dwellings – Grand Parc Bordeaux” by the architects Lacaton & Vassal architectes, Frédéric Druot Architecture and Christophe Hutin Architecture.

29 Oct 2021
Training and Technology Node for Nautical Sector
Architects: Mestres Wåge

photo courtesy of the architects office
The international architecture studio Mestres Wåge is to design the future Training and Technology Node for the Nautical Sector. The project, presented last April, stands out for its relationship with the environment, permeability and appropriation of public space, and the coherence of its functional arrangement.

21 Oct 2021
Benjamin Franklin International School, Distrito Sarrià Sant Gervasi
Architects: XG Arquitectura

photo : Simon Garcia | arqfoto
The Middle School building is located as an extension of the Elementary building of the Benjamin Franklin International School Campus in the Sarrià Sant Gervasi neighborhood of Barcelona. These two buildings share a dividing wall and will be connected to each other by the corridor.

Updated 2 Oct 2021
International Biennial of Landscape Architecture of Barcelona

image courtesy of architects practice
The project Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh has been proclaimed this afternoon winner of the Rosa Barba 2021 International Landscape Prize, which is awarded within the symposium of the 11th International Biennial of Landscape Architecture Biennial.

3 Sep 2021
D525 Barcelona, Sustainable Renovation, Avenue Diagonal 525
Architects: sanzpont [arquitectura]

22 July 2021
Xcelirate Barcelona Offices Design – see Barcelona Office Buildings
Design: Lagranja Design

2 July 2021
Hotel Seventy, Carrer de Còrsega – see Barcelona Hotels
Design: Barceló Balanzó arquitectes + AIA Arquitectura Instal·lacions + Gustau Gili Galfetti

22 May 2021
Camp del Ferro Sports Center, Plaça d’Albert Badia i Mur
Design: Barceló Balanzó arquitectes + AIA Arquitectura Instal·lacions + Gustau Gili Galfetti

photo © Simon Garcia | arqfoto.com

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Barcelona Architecture News 2020

14 Dec 2020
Poble Nou loft Interior
Design: Alex March Studio

photo : Sandra Rojo
The human mind needs to be stimulated to grow and not stay stagnant, so why don’t we start with our own home? In this Barcelona loft, designed by Alex March Studio, each decorative detail has a reason, which generates a great game to exercise memory and to awake the sensitivity to the latest interior design culture.

26 Nov 2020
House studio of Alex March Barcelona
Design: Alex March Studio

photo : Sandra Rojo

5 Nov 2020
2nd Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Architecture

27 Oct 2020
Mood House

post updated 3 Sep 2020
Pedestrian Path along the Gypsum Mines, Igualada, Camí de les Guixeres, Igualada, Catalonia
Architects: Batlle I Roig Arquitectura

image : Jordi Surroca
The project is set within the broader scheme of the Igualada Green Ring, the aim of which is to generate a series of itineraries for pedestrians and bicycles in the form of a green belt around the city’s perimeter.

4 August 2020
Nou Parc Barcelona landscape design, Camp Nou stadium news
Design: ON-A architecture

image © ON-A
Converting the Barcelona football stadium into a 26-hectare park is the proposal of a smart office to renature the cities. The ON-A architecture studio opens the debate to the possible renaturation of urban areas to adapt to the needs of the post-covid future.

29 July 2020
For you alone Apartment

27 July 2020
Sound Intervention at Mies van der Rohe Pavilion

22 July 2020
House in Sa Tuna, Begur

20 July 2020
Kimpton Vividora Hotel

17 July 2020
Fauna Restaurant Interior

17 July 2020
Café Got Interior

17 Jun 2020
The Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Architecture

9 Jun 2020
SummerMode House in Corbera de Llobregat

26 May 2020
GSS Security Mataró Office Interior
Design: Alex March Studio

27 Feb 2020
Cheriff Restaurant Interior in Barceloneta
Interior Design: Mesura

photo : Jose Hevia

5 Feb 2020
Turó de la Peira’s Sports Center
Architects: Arquitectura Anna Noguera

photo : Daniel Martínez
Turó de la Peira’s Sports Center

5 Feb 2020
Hall BSM-Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Architects: deardesign Studio

photo : Aitor Estevez
A new visual and spatial identity that connects with users, reflects the differential truths of the new model, stands out from the competition and allows its disruptive discourse.

29 Jan 2020
Antares Apartment and Penthouse Tower
Architects: Studio Odile Decq

14 Jan 2020
Private Sunset Apartment & Terraces
Designers: Egue y Seta

UIC Barcelona School of Architects Exhibition
22(at)_WHAT?
How to achieve balance in Northern Poblenou, Barcelona
The UIC Barcelona School of Architecture rethinks the concept of the “22(at) district” twenty years after its initial creation and presents new proposals in the old factory in Poblenou, Ca l’Alier. Find more info on our events page.

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Catalan Architectural Updates 2019

9 Jun 2019
Soler de Vilardell Nursery and Primary School in Barcelona, Sant Celoni
Design: FORGAS Arquitectes

photo : Simon Garcia

24 May 2019
Mesura Barcelona Office Interior, Carrer de Gomis
Design: Mesura – Design and Architecture Studio

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Barcelona Architecture News 2018

17 Dec 2018
Tánger 66 Barcelona, 22(at) innovation district, Poblenou
Architects: BuckleyGrayYeoman, UK

photo © Peter Landers
Located in Poblenou, a former industrial area that is the subject of one of Europe’s largest regeneration projects.

23 Jul 2018
Lycée Français Maternelle, Carrer de Munner
Design: b720 Fermín Vázquez Architects

photograph : Simón García

11 May 2018
Born House Apartment Ciutat Vella

25 Mar 2018
The Student Hotel Campus, Marina and Poble Sec districts
Architects: Masquespacio

18 Jan 2018
Paisos Catalans Square in Premià de Mar
Architect: VSarquitectura

photography : Arnau Solé / Vopi-4 / Lappset
Premià de Mar is a town nearby Barcelona, it use to be a fishing and little manufacturing town, but nowadays struggles to keep its personality without becoming another Barcelona suburb.

17 Jan 2018
Cabrils Secondary School near Barcelona

9 Jan 2018
iGuzzini Ibérica SA Headquarters in Barcelona

7 Jan 2018
Barceloneta Market, Plaça Poeta Bosca
Architect: Josep Miàs

photo from architects

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Barcelona Architecture News 2017

Catalonian Properties in 2017, chronological:

10 Nov 2017
Persiana Barcelona Rope Blind
Design: Pau Sarquella i Carmen Torres Arquitectes

photo © Joan Guillamat Castells

22 Oct 2017
Ciutat Vella Apartment in Barcelona
Architects: YLAB Arquitectos

photograph : Tobias Laarmann

4 Aug 2017
Restaurant Marea Alta in Barcelona, Edifici Colón, Ciutat Vella

image courtesy of architects office
Restaurant and bar by Spanish star chef Enrique Valentí on floors 23 to 24 of Edificio Colón Building on the Avinguda de les Drassanes.

2 Aug 2017
Poblenou Apartment in Barcelona

29 Jul 2017
La Calma House near Barcelona
Architects: Ramón Esteve Estudio

image courtesy of architects

18 Jul 2017
ENIGMA Restaurant in Barcelona
Design: TheSize

image courtesy of architects

13 Jun 2017
Deposit of King Martí in Barcelona
Design: ARCHIKUBIK

photograph : Simon Garcia, Arqfoto.com
The idea was to find out what happened with the deposit of the King Martí, an old deposit of water retention in the original property of the tower and viaduct of Bellesguard, designed by Antoni Gaudí.