Architecture Wednesday: Renovated Flat in Barcelona

This flat is located in the heart of Barcelona’s Dreta de l'Eixample neighborhood known for its architectural landmarks like Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Família and Casa Batlló. Part of an Art Nouveau building that dates back to 1900, this is a three-bedroom, two-bathroom, fully renovated apartment near the city’s lively Passeig de Sant Joan promenade.

The 1,400-square-foot apartment recently underwent a careful restoration and renovation that maintained original design elements, including the shallow-arched, Catalan-vaulted ceilings and colorful tile floors that stretch across the main gathering spaces. 

Through the front door an entry hallway leads to the living and dining areas, opened up to be a large open space that also integrates into an open kitchen. At the far end of the main room is a small private balcony that overlooks a courtyard. 

The three bedrooms and two full baths are all tucked away on the opposite end of the floor plan to ensure ample privacy for residents, while the primary suite has its own small balcony.

Had I moved a little faster this could have been all mine … and, yes, Carlos’ too, if I’d had the 800K a few months ago.

I need to start saving again.

Dwell

Architecture Wednesday: Barcelona Reno

This home, recently renovated in Barcelona, is not particularly large, about 1300 square feet, but with all the rustic harms of wood and stone and metal beams and concrete, it’s flooded with style and charm.

It’s rustic and bohemian and modern and ancient, all at the same time.

Plus, you know, Spanish men …

HomeDSGN

Architecture Wednesday: Barcelona Beauty

The architects for this house, located in Barcelona, Spain, love some music and some mathematics. in fact, this house uses a superimposed 7×7 meter skewed grid to support the program in a composition similar to a musical score. 
Blibbety blah blay blue. It's just cool.
from HomeDSGN:
"The diagonals serve as a roof system that ungulates like an artificial topography, creating skylights in some cases, while in others situations, rising up double the height of other rooftop peaks.
At the base floor, the program develops a direct relationship between the interior and exterior through the abundant use of glasswork, trellises, and sliding panels. This allows a visual connection to the garden for the following spaces: the rooms, halls, library, dining rooms, kitchen, main bedroom and guest suites.
Vertically consistent relationships exist between the main floor and adjacent floors, always responding to the programmatic demands, and therefore completing the three dimensional continuity of the building.
The areas on the lower floor are service areas of the main program, such as a cellar communicating directly with the dining room, a video library communicating with the library; an inside swimming pool and Turkish bath, an extension of the main bedroom, and a service flat leading directly to the kitchen areas.
The upper level serves as the Piano Nobile, or private level, from which a direct relationship to the surrounding landscape is still maintained through the use of glazing.
The layout is completed with private access to the patio. Its secluded position contrasts the luminous presentation of the house. Ceramic tiles are used as cladding on the rooftops as well as the perimeter walls. Light enters at specific points of the program where large sections of glazing complete the building.”
Or....blibbety blah blay blue. it's just cool.
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