Porthole in Barcelona apartment gives glimpses of bathroom from living area
A porthole offers a cheeky view into the shower cubicle of this Barcelona apartment, which Colombo and Serboli Architecture has revamped for one of its founders. More
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Edoardo Tresoldi installs wire mesh sculpture on roof of a Barcelona building
Artist Edoardo Tresoldi has placed a sculpture featuring faces fashioned from wire mesh on a rooftop overlooking a Barcelona street. More
Barcelona's Orvay bar takes design cues from winemaking
Vine-green walls and Merlot hued mirrors appear inside this Barcelona bar, which Isern Serra and Sylvain Carlet have designed in reference to the process of making wine. More
Valentí Albareda turns bomb-blasted banana warehouse in Barcelona into triplex apartment
Crumbling brick surfaces hint at the rich past of this triplex apartment in Barcelona, designed by architect Valentí Albareda with arch-shaped openings and warm oak floors. More
Sagrada Familia agrees €36 million payment after building for 136 years with no permit
Barcelona's Antoni Gaudí-designed Sagrada Familia has agreed to pay instalments to the city authorities, after 136 years of construction without a building permit. More
Raúl Sánchez Architects uses black and white to define spaces in Barcelona apartment
Raúl Sánchez Architects has refurbished the Sardenya Apartment in Barcelona, creating an open-plan space with different functions defined by black and white tones. More
Watch our discussion on smart design and wellbeing
Dezeen spoke to designers including Irina and Olga Sundukovy and Natali Canas del Pozo about the future of wellbeing in this talk hosted by ceramics brand Villeroy & Boch in Barcelona. More
Seven Barcelona homes with tile designs worth repeating
Tiles have been used widely throughout Spanish interior design, particularly within Barcelona homes. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy has selected seven of the city's most striking examples, from an apartment with ornately patterned floors to a home with textured terracotta walls. More
Barcelona simplifies crest to promote the team in "the world of digital media"
Brand consultancy Summa has subtly re-designed FC Barcelona's badge, and created a new personalised typeface and visual system for the football club. More
Crushed tiles used to create terrazzo details in Laia and Biel's House in Barcelona
Terrazzo grout made from crushed tiles and a long spruce plywood storage wall feature in this renovated Barcelona flat by Spanish firm TEd'A. More
Escolano + Steegmann creates apartment that recalls rooftops of Barcelona
Bold geometric shapes and terracotta tiles are used to reference the city rooftops in Escolano + Steegmann's renovation of an apartment in Barcelona. More
Facebook's service company to move into Jean Nouvel's Barcelona skyscraper
The company hired by Facebook to combat fake news has rented eight floors of office space inside the Jean Nouvel-designed Torre Glòries skyscraper in Barcelona, Spain. More
Antique doors create wood-panelled halls in renovated Barcelona apartment
Antique doors, panelling and sections of ageing plasterwork have been kept on display in Isabel López Vilalta's overhaul of this Barcelona apartment, which includes a new mezzanine play area complete with slide. More
Marc Goodwin photographs 14 architecture studios in Barcelona
Photographer Marc Goodwin visited Barcelona for the the next instalment of his series on architects' offices around the world, shooting among others the workspace created inside a former cement factory by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill. More
Deep-blue cabinetry and coral-pink arches redefine Barcelona apartment
Colombo and Serboli Architecture has made room for colourful storage units and a pink bathroom by opening up the plan of this apartment in Barcelona's historic El Born neighbourhood. More
Raúl Sánchez Architects updates Barcelona flat with grey granite and bright white walls
Spanish practice Raúl Sánchez Architects has employed contrasting materials to carve out different zones in the open-plan living space of this apartment in Barcelona's Eixample district. More
Raúl Sánchez Architects creates duplex apartment with golden cubes at its centre
Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has transformed two derelict apartments in downtown Barcelona into a spacious two-storey home, centred around a pair of double-height gold cubes. More
Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion loses its marble walls
Architects Anna and Eugeni Bach are making the Barcelona Pavilion more minimal than ever before – by covering all of its walls with white panels. More
Greenery-themed decor leads redesign of Barcelona flat by Nook Architects
A wall that depicts a scene of overflowing greenery is one of the original features that Nook Architects has preserved during the overhaul of this apartment in Barcelona. More
Barcelona terrorists were planning attack on Gaudí's Sagrada Família
The terror cell responsible for the fatal attacks in Barcelona last week had been planning to bomb the Antoni Gaudí-designed Sagrada Família, it has emerged. More