The Ajuntament de Barcelona and the Col•legi dArquitectes de Catalunya - COAC brings within one’s reach an architectural guide of Barcelona which contains more than a hundred buildings, each one of them documented with photographs, plans and explanatory texts which allow us to easily get to know the architecture as well as the distinguished architects of the city.
The COAC was established in 1931 and since then has defended the social value of architecture on behalf of architects. Its headquarters are located in Barcelona and it carries out its activity throughout the whole of Catalonia through several head offices located within the Catalan region. It is the COAC’s responsibility to safeguard architectural quality, as well as to circulate and disseminate architectural work and to promote the culture of this discipline amongst society. The development of information and the attraction of society to the fields of architecture, urbanism and Catalan landscapes are among its main purposes.
Barcelona City Council offers this guide to publish and disseminate contemporary architecture of the city of Barcelona to citizens and visitors from Catalonia or elsewhere.