CaSA renovates Rocha Apartment with an assortment of tiles
Terracotta tiles on the balcony continue inside this Barcelona holiday apartment renovated by Colombo and Serboli Architecture (+ slideshow). More
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Nook Architects completes fourth renovation in Barcelona apartment building
Barcelona studio Nook Architects has revamped a fourth apartment in one building in the city's Gothic quarter using leftover materials from the previous three projects (+ slideshow). More
Mitoi launches architectural building block toys
Spanish toy brand Mitoi has launched two collections of colourful building blocks that enable children to recreate iconic buildings from around the world (+ slideshow). More
Casa GG by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes comprises six wooden boxes
Six timber boxes protrude from the sides of this house in the hills north of Barcelona by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More
Carles Enrich inserts plywood box inside renovated Barcelona apartment
Spanish architect Carles Enrich has inserted a plywood box beneath the vaulted ceilings of an early 20th-century apartment in Barcelona to create a new bathroom and kitchen unit. More
Jordi Bernadó removes doors from Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion
Over the last few years Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion has been loaded with junk, and had its pools filled with coffee and milk. Now photographer Jordi Bernadó has taken the doors out and mounted them onto the facade. More
Vaulted brick ceilings revealed inside renovated Barcelona apartment
Laboratory for Architecture in Barcelona uncovered barrel-vaulted brick ceilings during the renovation of this apartment in the architects' home city (+ slideshow). More
Jean Nouvel's Barcelona Hotel has leafy windows and a plant-filled atrium
This 27-storey Barcelona hotel by Ateliers Jean Nouvel is punctured by windows shaped like palm fronds and contains a huge atrium filled with palm trees and tropical vegetation (photos by Roland Halbe). More
House 1101 by H Arquitectes has rooms that double as sheltered patios
Gaps between the three brick boxes of this house near Barcelona by local firm H Arquitectes can be transformed from enclosed rooms into covered patios by folding back glass doors at both ends (+ slideshow). More
AOO shop in Barcelona by Arquitectura-G has a stepped sisal display platform
A landscape of stepped boxes covered in sisal displays products at this Barcelona boutique by local firm Arquitectura-G. More
Nook Architects add patterned floor tiles and window seat to Barcelona apartment renovation
Spanish firm Nook Architects has renovated a Barcelona apartment by adding patterned floor tiles plus a combined step and window seat leading out onto the terrace (+ slideshow). More
Traditional floor tiles arranged in stripes in a Barcelona apartment by Bach Arquitectes
Decorative tiles salvaged from different apartments are rearranged in stripes across the floor of this Barcelona residence by Spanish studio Bach Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More
Nook's Barcelona apartment refurb removes walls but leaves original tiled floors intact
Spanish architects Nook have renovated a small apartment in Barcelona's gothic quarter, leaving decorative floor tiles in place to reveal the original layout of the flat (+ slideshow). More
Vaulted brick pavilion in Barcelona by Map13
Spanish architecture collective Map13 combined a traditional Spanish construction technique with digital design tools to create this vaulted brick pavilion in a Barcelona courtyard (+ slideshow). More
"There was all this potential but it was being held back by the architecture"
Movie: architect David Kohn explains how his studio transformed a neglected Barcelona apartment into World Interior of the Year 2013 in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at Inside Festival in Singapore. More
Vallvidrera House by YLAB Arquitectos
Spanish firm YLAB Arquitectos has completed a faceted house on the outskirts of Barcelona that appears to have been stretched down a hill. More
New Funeral Home in Sant Joan Despí by Batlle i Roig Arquitectes
Corten steel columns alternate with floor-to-ceiling glass to bring stripes of light and shadow into this funeral home outside Barcelona by Spanish firm Batlle i Roig Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More
Tiled Barcelona apartment wins World Interior of the Year 2013
Inside Festival 2013: a Barcelona apartment renovation with triangular patterned floor tiles has been named World Interior of the Year at the Inside Festival in Singapore. More
Animation shows completion of Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família
News: the completion of Art Nouveau architect Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona is simulated in this movie released to show the final stages of construction anticipated before 2026, 100 years after the death of the architect (+ movie). More
The White Retreat by Colombo and Serboli Architecture
This seaside studio apartment in Barcelona by Spanish studio Colombo and Serboli Architecture has an all-white interior that includes a tiled kitchen and bathroom that can be hidden away (+ slideshow). More