Carrer Petritxol

Going down the Rambla to Carrer de la Portaferrissa, there is a narrow, hidden street, Carrer de Petritxol, crammed with numerous art galleries, bookshops, chocolate shops and cafeterias.

All along the street the air is filled with the smell of chocolate wafting from the different cafes offering delicious chocolate and traditional xurros, which are sweet fried pastries similar to doughnuts. Carrer del Pedritxol is also home to several art galleries, particularly the Sala Parés, which was one of the first spots in Europe dedicated to art exhibitions and sales.

http://www.europe-cities.com/en/786/spain/barcelona/place/25548_carrer_de_petritxol/

Els Quatre Gats

Els Quatre Gats is a modernist cafe/restaurant/bar tucked away down a little side street (Montsio, 3 bis) just off the main shopping walkway at Avda Portal d' Angel in the Barri Gotic.This cafe/restaurant was a popular haunt for the young Picasso in the early 1900's and here he undertook his very first commissioned work for designing the front cover of the menu.

Stepping into the restaurant felt like we were stepping back in time. The interior of the cafe was lit with antique chandeliers that gave the feeling of what it must have been like in an old Tavern back at the turn of the last century. Paintings filled much of the wall space and colourful multicoloured tiles decorated the central Bar.

Cachitos

A new tapas bar has opened in Barcelona. Cachitos is the name and it opens its doors in the plain center of Barcelona to attract a clientele who loves tapas, but in a cool environment and design. Cachitos is a perfect combination of tapas and drinks, which is ideal to enjoy at any time of day, e.g. for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

The decor, by Estrella Salietti and Futur2 is one of the strengths of place, surprising with such a mix of furniture and the amount of space and very distinct areas that create the feeling of being in different restaurants at the same time. And although there is no doubt that the food is the main protagonist, Cachitos also pays special attention to the sangria, which is uplifted here to premium beverage category, in a menu offering up to 50 varieties.

Rambla de Catalunya 33

http://cachitosbcn.com/#inicio

Taranna

First you’ll recognise the beautiful green decor from the outside, complete with a vintage lamp above the door and plants attached to the other doors. One step inside and you will immediately feel in love with the atmosphere and their decor. A brick wall on one end, Parisian metrotiles on the other. Old school chairs mix well with the modern tables. There’s one large table perfect for a group of friends, but you can easily visit this café on your own. Read the Spanish papers (and their magazines on Saturday) and log in on their wifi network. We’ve only ordered something to drink, but we saw others receiving delicious looking sandwiches. Downstairs you’ll find space for exhibitions (but it wasn’t finished yet, because Taranná only opened last month) The area is getting better by the day. Federal Café is one cross road further and Tickets is also nearby.
Viladomat 23

Source (and very nice blog): http://petitepassport.com/2012/02/27/tried-tested-taranna-barcelona/#more-11074

http://tarannacafe.com/

El Mordisco

Before the family-run Tragaluz Group forged its mini empire of trendsetting restaurants, local literati and the design set hung out at its first opening, Mordisco, a late-night eatery where the Hotel Omm (the group's only foray into hotels to date) now stands. Now Mordisco is back, in a new location in the Eixample, and its old legion of fans is coming in droves. It's not just the nostalgia factor: Mordisco serves tasty little Catalan morsels made for sharing, such as succulent Montserrat tomatoes topped with tuna belly shavings, steak tartare, crispy deep-fried artichokes, or tostadas laden with local charcuterie. All this is served up in a two-story setting that incorporates a bright deli section for takeaway; a glass-enclosed, Scandinavian-style dining room with smatterings of art by the likes of Javier Mariscal (also a client); and a cozy upstairs lounge area for coffee and cocktails.

Paseo de la Concepcion 10

http://www.contemporan.com/company/el-mordisco/

http://www.grupotragaluz.com/rest-mordisco.php

Dow Jones Bar

Concept

Since 1995 Bar Dow Jones is one of the most successful bars in Barcelona. We use a unique selling system that has been attracting people from all over the world. Our atmosphere is international, without being an English or Irish pub. One could say it tends to be an American style bar.

How does it work?

We use a sophisticated software as selling systems which is totally interactive. As soon as you order prices on the screen change. The drink that you order goes up and others go down. Like the NYSE. But instead of the NYSE we have 'fortunately' after a certain turnover a crash. The sirens and flashlights indicate that you can have your drink at a bargain. But be quick, it only last a few minutes. We are proud to say that every day of the week we have a good crowd in, which is quite unique in Barcelona.

C/ Bruc, 97

Hotel Omm Lobby bar & lounge

Cocktail bar, the urban meeting point for the locals.
Open and light, with fireplace, comfortable sofas.
Live music very thursday evening from 8pm to 10 pm.
Elegant DJ session on thursdays, fridays and saturdays from 11 30pm.
http://www.hotelomm.es/loungeBar-en.html
Rosselló 265

For dutch students: http://www.elle.nl/lifestyle/reizen_uitgaan/citytrips/Barcelona-Mordisco-OMM

Museu del Calcat (shoes museum)

Showing the historical development of shoe manufacturing, the museum also displays shoes of famous people like Columbus.The shoe museum is placed in a beautiful renaissance building which used to be the Shoemaker’s guild in the Middle ages.

Plaça Sant Felip Neri 5

H&M store by Mariscal

c/ Portal de l’Àngel 22

The new shop is housed in an old headquarters office. They respected the building’s original architecture because its vestige of neoclassical architecture from the 19th century.The interior has a second neutral skin in black and white over the old one, creating a new image without blurring the original, that helps showing H&M collections in the best possible way. The dome and the staircase were restored and emphasised with an aluminum sculpture in the shape of a cone.In addition to the interior and furniture design, Estudio Mariscal was responsible for the lighting and its image and communication.

Champañeria Can Paixano

This famous little Champañeria, tucked away in the city’s old sailors’ quarter, boasts an extensive selection of authentic, local cuisine served up with its very own Cava. Notorious for its frenzied atmosphere, the traditional tavern-style tapas bar attracts a good mix of local residents and inner city visitors during its often chaotic lunch and evening hours.An impressive array of meats and cheese greet you as you barge your way in and up to the bar. From there you can order from a wide but simple range of bites which will be with you, accompanied by a glass of bubbly, in a matter of minutes. The frantic and sometimes fiery display from the other side of the bar adds to the mood of a Tapas bar with genuine local charm.

(for Dutch students: http://www.elle.nl/lifestyle/reizen_uitgaan/citytrips/Hotspot-Champaneria-Can-Paixano)

C/ Reina Christina 7
Metro L4 to Barceloneta

Chupitos

Chupitos (means shots) specializes in creative, over-the-top shots with equally dramatic bar service. Most of the chupitos come with special performances by the bartender, some of which involve the actual bar being set on fire with a blowtorch.Not surprisingly, the house is packed every night with fun-loving young patrons clamoring for service, enjoying the show, and trying not to be set aflame.The space itself is little more than a dark and dingy corridor, with the bar on one side and a huge menu board full of intriguingly named shots on the opposing wall.Owing to the tight space and the dubious cleanliness of the facilities, Chupitos may be best enjoyed as a quick visit before heading on to the bars and clubs on the harbor.

Carrer d'Aribau, 77

Cerveceria Catalana

Cerveceria Catalana, is known for their wide variety of tapas and their large beer selection. With tapas ranging from fried artichoke to ensaladilla, there is something on the menu for everyone. The décor of the restaurant is a dark wood, with dim lighting; there is also an outdoor terrace open year round for dining. Behind the bar is the endless variety of beer, some imported, others domestic. This noteworthy restaurant is often very crowded and getting a table can sometimes be very difficult..

C/ Mallorca, 236

La Rosa del Raval

Fresh, Authentic Mexican
Our native Mexican chefs are passionate about their work and therefore our
restaurant creates dishes exclusively from the freshest ingredients and the
finest traditional Mexican recipes. Homemade guacamole, nachos, salsa,
quesadillas, tacos and burritos are our specialties.
We are a bueno, bonito y barato taqueria - we offer simple, tasty
food. We make a wide variety of Mexican fare that exemplifies the
straightforward and fun style of traditional Mexican cooking.

Traditional Cocktails and Drinks
We stock a selection of native Mexican tequilas from the region of Jalisco
where the only true tequilas are produced. Our cocktails are made with fruit
squeezed fresh every day and are available in pitchers for your party to enjoy.
Agua fresca, the typical Mexican fresh fruit juice, is also mixed for you
daily.
Wash your meal down with a refreshing Mexican beer, margarita, agua
fresca or Herradura tequila.

http://www.rosanegrabcn.com/rdr/es/index.html

La rosa del Raval

Carrer del Angels 6

Desigual 'showroom' store

We have opened a new shop-showroom in Barcelona, ​​on Carrer Casp 33, in the old neighborhood where all the textile wholesalers where located. But this is not a plain store, is a space where you can live the Desigual experience, enter in our world and meet our spirit.
We want to pamper you in our new home. To begin with it, there are no clerks here but personal-shoppers, who have studied our collections inside out and will assist you in your purchase. In this new space, garments are ordered in a different way, all coats, shirts, dresses, trousers are all together and there’s only one garment per size. It’s a huge showroom – 1200 models! – with our full collection and very well-arranged, at your disposal, in 25 different areas.
We’ll host regularly mini-catwalks like the Haute Couture ones, with the numbered items and only for a small audience. You can also come to see the new collections, which will be here before anywhere else. This is part of the new personalized experience.
The House of “Life is Cool” have a very, very special deco. I could tell you a thousand words about the Turkish carpets, the vintage chest of drawers, the lamps-telephone, the clothes hanging from ropes and ladders, but I advise you to take a look at the pictures at the end of the post, because this is something that can not be explained in words. Or even better, drop by here and see for yourself.
Check the source for more images: http://retaildesignblog.net/2012/01/09/desigual-shop-showroom-barcelona/

Custo

The Dalmau brothers, Custo and David, created Custo Barcelona in the early 80’s after a long trip during which they travelled all around the world. Their journey allowed them to discover not only new landscapes but the most varied of artistic, cultural and philosophical expressions.
Amongst the things they found to be most worthy of interest were the typically Californian style they saw on the surfers who lived in the southern part of the state and the psychedelic look they observed in the northern part. The brothers were impressed by the colorful and innovative fashion trends they came across, and in particular the style of the tops and T-shirts which didn’t exist in Spain in those days.

Using the above as a starting point, the brand was launched under the name “Custo Line”.
The Dalmau brothers got to work and learned everything there was to know about printing techniques and finishings, paying special attention to graphic design, a field they felt particularly comfortable with. Through time, their research on the use of color and prints has given risen rise to designs that are innovative, bold and sophisticated.

Later on, all kinds of new garments were introduced to complement Custo Barcelona’s trademark printed tops, like skirts, trousers and coats, thus giving rise to complete collections.
Nowadays it could be said that Custo Barcelona is a style in itself; one that, to a certain extent, embodies a specific lifestyle.

CENTRO COMERCIAL GRAN VIA 2, AVDA.DE LA GRAN VIA, 75-97, 08908 

PLAÇA DE LES OLLES, 7 08003

PLAÇA DEL PI, 2 08002

FERRAN, 36 08002

CENTRE COMERCIAL ILLA DIAGONAL AVDA. DIAGONAL, 557 PLANTA BAJA LOCAL 2.44A / 2.44B 08029 

C/ LA RAMBLA, 120, 08002

http://www.custo-barcelona.com/en

Doctor Paper

At Doctor Paper you can buy secret ink for your secret love letters: L’encre sympathique! It’s pink ink - heat it over a candle, when reading your notes.
There are also secret diaries and patinated travel notebooks for all big capitals in Europe. Or your own personal cookbook to write your own recipes, with sections for cooking time, ingredients and kitchenware. You can find notebooks to keep track of what you served your guests, so no one will ever get the same meal twice. Or cutout dolls in every shape, from little girls with the hair color you desire to a fifties pin-up or a baby pin-up! 
This is also the place to get chewing gum, which will provide you with a new hair-do ”Instant Afro Gum” and you can ”Last Supper after-dinner-mints”.
Jazz up your gift wraps with scotch tape with images of bacon or sausages.

Adres: Carrer del Rec, 40

http://www.doctorpaperbcn.com/home.html

Freya

Freya is a store located right by Placa de la Virreina. It almost looks like a candy store with its enormous choice of artistically ornamented rings, necklaces and bracelets in every color imaginable. The owner, Teresa, is a charming woman. With her flaming red mane, she looks like one of the artists that she seeks out to produce all the jewelry for her little shop. She finds everything with local artists, it’s a young style and it’s not very expensive.  A silver chain with a big red faceted stone is 18 Euros. 

Adres: Carrer de Verdi 17

Loring Art

Bookstore specializing in contemporary visual culture. Essential books, one-off editions, specific magazines. A pioneering space in Barcelona. Just the right place to find what you’re looking for, also on www.loring-art.com and in Niu (C/ Almogàvers, 208).

Estamos en la Calle gravina 8, en el distrito 001 de barcelona

Open from 10:00 - 20:30

www.loring-art.com

 

Blow by le Swing

“Delicatdressen for guys and dolls” is the upfront motto for this vintage de luxe second-hand designer shop.

A relatively new addition to the Raval district, Le Swing transports its shoppers to a dreamed past of movie stars and dear old kitsch with a nostalgic collection of original antiques from classic names (Chanel, Vuitton, St.Laurent) and new retro-chic clothing from local designers. A few choice pieces of throwback furniture coexist with ‘80s shades and a pair of old yet still crisp roller skates. The sum total is a carefully curated time-capsule of what we love about each twentieth-century decade.

Le Swing, Notorial 3, 08001, Barcelona

Cafe Le Swing, Notorial 7, 08001, Barcelona

Blow, Dortor Dou 11, 08001, Barcelona

www.leswingvintage.com

Dadua

Semi-hidden in the Born matrix close to Santa Maria del Mar on C/Rosic lies this art store emporium. The space offers two stories of creative possibilities with an abundance of art pieces, books, limited series records, toys, fanzines, t-shirts and plenty of other intriguing miscellanea downstairs. Workshops are held on the upper deck.

 Is only online!!!

www.duduadudua.com

TORRE DE COMMUNICATIONS

Torre de Collserola is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by architect Sir Norman Foster, and built in 1991 for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It features a pod for floor space like many towers but uses guy wires for lateral support like a mast. Mainly used as a TV and radio transmitter, this futuristic design provides the highest viewpoint over the city. The top antenna reaches 288.4m (946 ft) and the top of the pod, which has thirteen floors, reaches 152m (499 ft).The tenth floor of the pod is open to the public.

Collserola, carretrera de vallvidrra al tibidado

HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU

The present Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Catalan for Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the neigh­borhood of El Guinardó, Barcelona (Spain), is a com­plex built bet­ween 1901 and 1930, de­si­gned by the Ca­ta­lan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. To­ge­ther with Palau de la Mú­sica Catalana, it is a UNESCO World He­ri­tage Site. It was a fully func­tio­n­ing hos­pi­tal until June 2009, it is cur­rently un­der­go­ing resto­ra­tion for use as a mu­seum and cul­tu­ral cen­ter. As of De­cem­ber 2009 there are still tours of the hos­pi­tal being given se­veral times a day.

St. Antoni Maria Claret, 167
Metro L 5, Hospital Sant Pau

CASA AMATLLER

This was an existing building, but renovated by Puig for chocolatemanufacturer Antoni Amattler. It has a stepped gable, and a facade with floral Neogothic details. Symbols used are a dragon and Saint George.

Passeig de Gràcia 41
Metro L 3, Passeig de Gràcia

CASA MILA

This was his last private commission before he devoted himself to religious projects. Gaudí was free to design this corner block of apartments the way he wanted. His goal was to create a completely new form of housing. The ideas for it developed out of the ideas of the Casa Battló, but go even further in exaggeration and distortion. With this building Gaudí shows to be a genius of great intelligence and with an enormous creativity. La Pedrera is the architectural demonstration of his interpretation of nature : the massive blocks of stone of the façade recall the mountains, the curves of the façade reflect the sea, and the ironworks represent plants and flowers.

Passeig de Gràcia 92
Metro L 3, Passeig de Gràcia

FORUM BUILDING

The Forum Building, designed by the Swiss architects Jaques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (Herzog & de Meuron), is an architectural landmark in Barcelona.The Forum Building is a triangular measuring 180 meters on each side and 25 meters in height, located within the triangle formed by the surrounding streets. It is considered by some to be an icon of the "New Barcelona ". However, local opinion on its aesthetic and functional merits is deeply divided. It was the symbol of the controversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and the serious flaws that arose during its construction were widely covered in both the Spanish national and foreign press. It has lain empty since the Forum and is beginning to show marked deterioration. The building is structured around an auditorium with a capacity to hold 3,200 people. The seating is below the Forum Plaza level. The upper part is suspended from the triangular superstructure measuring 180 meters per side that covers the plaza, and rests on 17 pillars. From it, the exhibit hall and the roof of the auditorium are suspended. The exhibition hall covers nearly 5,000 m2.

Avinguda Diagonal 1
Metro: L4, Maresme/Fórum

TORRE AGBAR

The Torre Agbar, or Agbar Tower, is a 33-story tower at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel in association with the Spanish firm b720 Arquitectos and built by Dragados. It opened in June 2005 and was inaugurated officially by the King of Spain on 16 September 2005. The Torre Agbar is located in the Poblenou neighborhood of Barcelona and is named after its owners, the Agbar Group, a holding company whose interests include the Barcelona water company Aigües de Barcelona.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Agbar

Avinguda Diagonal 209-211
Metro L5 Glories

CAIXA FORUM

Casimir Casaramona i Puigcercós (Vic 1838 - Barcelona 1913) commissioned the famous architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch (Mataró 1867 - Barcelona 1956) to design a factory for his textile-production enterprise. In addition to being a widely acknowledged architect whose works included the Amatller, Macaya, Quadras and Terradas houses, Puig i Cadafalch also played a leading role in the art-nouveau movement alongside Gaudí and Domènech i Montaner.

The Japanese architect Arata Isozaki designed the main entrance and the visitors' reception area in the Centre.

Access to CaixaForum is by way of a sculpted structure in the form of metal trees covered by panes of glass. This is a full-blown work of art, combining a sensation of lightness with a hint of the oriental, all intended to welcome the visitor to CaixaForum. The escalators and the lift run from Isozaki's sculpture down to the open-air English courtyard below, which gives onto the foyer.

This part of the building also houses the "Secret garden", a minimalist, intimate, closed-off dwelling

http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/english/caixaforumbarcelona/thebuilding_en.html

Av Marques de Comillas, 6-8
Metro: L1, L3 place Espanya

BARCELONA PAVILION BY MIES VAN DER ROHE

The Barcelona Pavilion, a work emblematic of the Modern Movement, has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) as the German national pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King Alphonso XIII of Spain along with the German authorities.

http://www.miesbcn.com/en/pavilion.html

Av. Marquès de Comilles
Metro: L1, L3 place Espanya

MONTJUIC COMMUNICATIONS TOWER / PALAU SANT JORDI

The Montjuic Communications Tower (Torre Telefónica) is a telecommunication tower in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992. The white tower was built for Telefónica to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics Games in Barcelona. The 136 m (446 ft) tower is located in the Olympic park, and represents an athlete holding the Olympic Flame.

Palau Sant Jordi (English: St. George's Palace) is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation located in Barcelona, Spain. The maximum seating capacity of the arena is 16,500 for sporting events and 24,000 for musical events. It was opened in 1990 and designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The Palau Sant Jordi was one of the main venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Nowadays, it is used for all kinds of indoor sport events as well as for concerts and other cultural activities, due to its great flexibility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montjuic

Passeig Olympica
Bus L 55, 193

Estadi Olimpic

Pere Domènech i Roura 1929
Renovated:
Federico correra, alfons mila,
Joan margarit, vittorio gregotti 1986 - 1989


Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (formerly known as the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc) is a stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city (and Barcelona's bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were awarded to Berlin), it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] The stadium has a capacity of 55,926 (70,000 during the 1992 Olympics), and is located in the Anella Olímpica, in Montjuïc, a large hill to the southwest of the city which overlooks the harbour.
In 2001 the stadium was renamed after the former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Lluís Companys i Jover, who was executed at the nearby Montjuïc Castle in 1940 by the Franco regime.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadi_Ol%C3%ADmpic_Llu%C3%ADs_Companys

Where to find:
Passeig Olympic
Bus L 55, 193

Anella Olímpica

1986-1992


Carles Buxade, Federico Correa,
Joan Margarit, Alfons Mila 1992
The Anella Olímpica (English: Olympic Ring) is an Olympic Park located in the hill of Montjuïc, Barcelona, that was the main site for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The major facilities consist of the Olympic Stadium, or Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, the Palau Sant Jordi sports hall, the telecommunications tower designed by Santiago Calatrava, the National Physical Education Institute (INEFC) and the Picornell swimming pools.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anella_Ol%C3%ADmpica

Where to find:
Anela Olympica
Bus L 55, 193

Natural Gas Company Tower

Enric Miralles / Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT 2007


As a living creature that reacts to external impulses, the new building of the company Gas Natural, develops and extends addressing the different conditions of the program and the complex environment.

The aim is to reconcile several objectives: to create an urban landmark in the skyline of Barcelona, to set up a dialogue with the low-rise houses of the neighbourhood and to generate quality public spaces.
The constructible volume, the singular character of this new building, its relationship with the urban periphery makes the new office building of Gas Natural a member of the family of contemporary buildings, which have started to appear on the skyline of the city.

However this doesn’t mean the new building lacks a clear desire to become compatible with it urban surroundings; the small scale of the district of la Barceloneta, the surrounding houses and the park.

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/barcelona/torre_de_gas_natural_embt.htm

Where to find:
Placa del gas 1
Metro: L 4 Barceloneta

passeig de maritim de la barceloneta

1992-1996 public space
jaume artigues, jordi heinrich, miquel ros, olga terasso, ana casteneda.



PREVIOUS STATE
The district of Barceloneta appeared in Barcelona in the second half of the eighteenth century with the partial demolition of the old shoreline district of La Ribera thanks to the construction of a citadel. In order to re-house the affected families, the military planners constructed a new residential area on a regular strip of land obliquely oriented with respect to the sea. In the first third of the nineteenth century, Barceloneta became one of the city's main leisure areas with its public swimming pools, snack bars and restaurants, but the continued and spectacularly increasing population density of the district and the occupation of the beach by a number of factories and port installations gradually brought about a change of image in a sustained process of decay.

The sea front of the district was dominated for more than thirty years by a promenade constructed in 1959. Its concrete structure was very badly conserved and, since it was higher than the level of the residential area, relations between the two elements were very deficient, and Barceloneta's relation with the sea was obstructed. In 1994, with the application of the Law of the Coasts, one of the city’s most popular leisure spaces underwent a metamorphosis, with work that began on remodelling the sea front promenade as part of an operation of transforming and regenerating the shoreline that also involved redefining the built-up face of the sea front.
Where to find:
passeig de maritim de la barceloneta
Metro: L 4 Barceloneta

Palau de la Música Catalana

Lluís Domènech i Montaner 1905-1908



The Palau de la Música Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) is a concert hall designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. It was built in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, between 1905 and 1908 for the Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença (Catalan Rebirth) (Benton 1986, 56; Fahr-Becker 2004, 199). It was inaugurated February 9, 1908.

Where to find:
C/Sant Francesc de Paula 2
Area : El Born
M: L 1 and 4. Urquinaona station

Picasso Museeum

Jordi Garces 1999

The Picasso museum is "the" museum to visit in Barcelona. For the artist and for the building. Imagine in Montcada street, in the Gothic area, five medieval palaces linked together to make a museum. So charming to visit and a very fast immersion in Catalan?s ambient. Concerning Pablo Ruiz Picasso the museum is indispensable for understanding its formative years. The genius of the young artist is revealed through the more than 3,500 works that make up the permanent collection. It also reveals his relationship with Barcelona: an intimate, solid relationship that was shaped in his adolescence and youth, and continued until his death.. You will remember corrida drawing.
To see as well some oils and drawings from Picasso's Barcelona period and even some works from later stages in his career. The Museum also has a set of 42 pieces of ceramic (vases, dishes and plates) made in the 1950s and bequeathed by Jaqueline Picasso in 1982.
You will appreciate the open-air terrace café restaurant and the bookshop.

http://www.museupicasso.bcn.cat/en/

Where to find:
C. Montcada, 15-23
Metro: L 4 Jaume 1

Mercat Santa Caterina

EMBT, Enric Miralles, Benedetta Tagliabue 1997-2004


Mercat Santa Caterina (Market Holy Catherine) is the latest market built in Barcelona. Totally renovated in 2005 with brilliance by the architects Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue of EMBT, is a little marvel located in the district of Ribera in Ciutat Vella. Beautiful architectural idea for this multicoloured ceramics roof having the shape of wave posed on an air structure of wood, which shelters all the stalls of the market. One finds there all the products of the producers of the area: fruits, vegetables, flowers but also fish, meat.

Source: http://www.barcelona.com/barcelona_directory/monuments/mercat_santa_caterina

Where to find: Francesc Cambó, 16
Metro: L4 Jaume 1

Plaça Vila de Madrid in Barcelona

This project began by analyzing the special role that the Plaza Villa de Madrid plays within the system of public and open spaces in the Gothic quarters of Barcelona

source: http://www.bcq.es/ficha.php?I=3&IDP=4&IDF=102

Where to find: Placa de Madrid
Metro: L 1 L3 Catalunya

Centre d'Art Santa Mònica

Centre d'Art Santa Mònica - an art and cultural centre or CASM is located at the beginning of the lively La Rambla Street, in a former 17th century renaissance style monastery. In 1984 the building received National historic landmark status. Its ancient architecture, carefully preserved and renovated, has obtained a present-day air, as well. One of its modern elements is a ramp, leading to an open-air terrace, featuring a café-restaurant. It offers a relaxing retreat in the heart of the metropolis with a gorgeous panoramic view over the swarming La Rambla Boulevard. CASM, with no permanent exhibition, features about 20 interchanging expositions a year, presenting works of local as well as foreign artists. One of its exhibition halls is set in a former central hall of the monastery, another - one floor up. CASM houses also a cultural centre, holding information about the current events and activities in the city.

Source: http://www.anothertravelguide.com/eng/europe/spain/barcelona/destinations/culture/centre_dart_santa_monica

Where to find: la Rambla 7
Metro: 3

Macba

Richard Meier & partners 1987 – 1996

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona (MACBA)
Plaza dels Angels, 1
Barcelona
Spain

Meier's Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona appears massive, bright, white, pristine and inviting, contrasting starkly with the rather down-at-heel surroundings it is intended to help regenerate. The sculptural elements of the main facade show themselves to full effect in the Mediterranean sun in the square, while effectively filtering the sunlight entering the building.
Inside generous circulation space and ramps benefit from the sunlight, while allowing a more subdued light level to permeate through to the rather more plain exhibition spaces. The narrow white columns, railings, glass bricks and different varieties of white skin are straight from Meier's earlier houses, but used here with great effect.
The exhilarating light and form of the circulation space provides some serious competition for the Barcelona contemporary art that is the building's intended focus.

Source: http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/meierbarcelona/index.htm

Museum / current expositions: http://www.macba.cat/controller.php
Where to find
C/ Montalegre 5, 08001 Barcelona
Metro: lines 1, 2 and 3 (Catalunya and Universitat)

CCCB centre de cultura contemporania de barcelona

Albert Viaplana, Helio Pinon 1990 – 1993




The Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona is a dedicated to “cities and the phenomena they generate; because they have become the social, urbanistic and cultural catalyst of our times” and organizes exhibitions, music, dance, courses, debates, lectures, city walks. It is The CCCB is in the old but renovated Casa de la Caritat, located in the Raval district. The architects: "By changing just one of the sides of the courtyard and using the basement to improve communication and access, we have a very negotiable layout." The sheer glass wall off the courtyard comes as something of a rude shock. The left-hand side of the wall is of dark glass; the right-hand side, very slightly offset, is light. The wall cants out over the courtyard at an angle of 60 degrees. It’s part of an impressive cultural belt, near the Ramblas, which runs from the University of Barcelona, past the Biblioteca de Catalunya and the Gran Teatre del Liceu, to the Pompeu Fabra University and next to Meier's MACBA.

Source: http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Spain/Barcelona/CCCB


http://www.cccb.org/ca/

Where to find
C/ Montalegre 5, 08001 Barcelona
Metro: lines 1, 2 and 3 (Catalunya and Universitat)

PLACA REIAL

The Placa Reial is one of the most enchanting places in Barcelona. Every tourist will visit this square, be sure you do! It was erected in mid of the 19th Century, it has a fine arcade, palm trees and lamps designed by Gaudi. It is an interesting square ideal to relax and enjoy a coffee in one of the many cafes. On Sunday mornings there is a stamp and coin market and in the evening this is a nice place to have a drink.

Placa Reial
Metro L2, Liceu

Madame Jasmine

This Ramblas del Raval favourite lingers largely unnoticed between the scores of local kebab shops. Madame Jasmine is bizarre but cozy place, filled to bursting every night by young clientele. It specializes in cocktails and carefully prepared bocadillos (sandwiches) that are put together before one’s very eyes in a partially open kitchen. A lively spot: perfect for a drink or mid-evening snack.

Rambla del Raval, 22

L2 L3 at Parallel