Helio Piñón Albert Viaplana   Spain   The restoration of the Casa de la Caridad falls within a program which intends to create a cultural enclave capable of guaranteeing the regeneration of a working-class Barcelona quarter, the Raval. The project undertakes the rehabilitation of the exi

1933-2014 Albert Viaplana is the author of some of the main landmarks of contemporary Barcelona, though this is probably not so well known to those unrelated to the field. His career – with Helio Piñón between 1974 and 1997, and later on his own – le

Few people outside the profession would recognize Albert Viaplana as the author of some of the major references of contemporary Barcelona, but his trajectory – with Helio Piñón from 1974 to 1997, and later on his own – has left a strong mark on the C

José Luis González   Se calcula que la producción anual de pavimentos en el mundo es del orden de 1 m2 por habitante (en Europa y Norteamérica, 4,5), lo cual quiere decir que el volumen de negocio de su producción y colocación puede estar rondando más o menos los 25 bill

Luis Fernández-Galiano   Barcelona is Spain’s most European city. If it perseveres, it might also become the most American. Meanwhile, the city celebrates its two souls by simultaneously inaugurating a very European museum designed by an American and a very American marina b