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Santaeulalia elfante laboqueria polviladoms

Christmas window dressing intervention in Santa Eulalia, Passeig de Gràcia Barcelona.

Project developed with Run Design, a creative studio in Barcelona. Where through a work with origami we have created an installation of 4000 paper pyramids distributed throughout the...

XES is committed to a community and non-speculative housing model

Xarxa d'Economia Solidària de Catalunya (XES) is committed to a community housing model, stable and non-speculative, which is already making its way in Catalonia with the first cooperative...

Industrial architectural heritage and its conservation

In industrial architectural heritage, there are some specific questions that we should ask ourselves: What should we conserve? How to keep it? Where to do it? In order to answer...

The traditional cabins

The cabins are one of the characteristic elements of popular architecture. Its main function was to give shelter to the peasant and the animal, to guard against inclement weather when...

Renovation project of an early twenties house in Sarrià

Renovation project of an early twenties house in Sarrià. Conservation of structural elements and presentation of passive thermal comfort strategies.

La Balma, cooperative housing model in cession of use

In the Cooperative housing in Cession of Use -or cohousing-, the future owners are who, organized in a cooperative, will promote their own homes, on land granted by the city council...

Fat Cat, new retail catering initiative in Terrassa

In these times, new initiatives are simmering. Retail catering with products of proximity and care, a healthy takeaway that laughs at its own name. Innovation in changing times. Shortly...

We participate in the “Construeix futur” program

We have had the pleasure of participating in the Construeix Futur program, which seeks to adapt to this situation, working, on the one hand, on professional guidance in the construction...

Barcelona will build 1,000 protected homes

The Barcelona City Council has closed an unprecedented agreement with social promoters and cooperatives to speed up the construction of 1,000 new sheltered homes on municipal sites...

Vernacular architecture rehabilitation

Vernacular architecture refers to all those architectural methods characterised by the use of local materials and knowledge, generally without the supervision of professional architects....

Son Ferriol project, second prize on the AJAC awards

The Son Ferriol health centre in Mallorca has been awarded the AJAC XII Prize for non-built work. What is the AJAC? The Young Architects Association of Catalonia (AJAC)...

Avinyonet del Penedès winery’s works are ongoing

The works of the winery in Avinyonet del Penedès are progressing at a good pace. The project, in collaboration with Vinclament and Arteco, defines a self-sufficient building with passive...

Open visits to La Balma, Housing Cooperative

During the 48h Open House Barcelona festival, it will be possible to visit the premises of the Balma housing cooperative. In this post we will tell you what the Open House...

What is the balloon frame and example of rehabilitation

In the world of architecture, the framing construction system is based on the fitting of a multitude of pieces or elements to give support and shape to a structure. The materials used...

Site visit: CLT structure in La Balma

Site visit at the La Balma cooperative. In this visit we have analyzed the status of the works after a few months of technical shutdown due to Covid. During the visit we saw how...

Interior design of perfume shop

This summer at LaBoqueria Architecture Studio we continue to work, even if it is taking the necessary anti-COVID protection measures and avoiding contacts and travel as much as possible. A...

Rural exodus

The rural exodus has been taking place in most European countries since the second half of the 20th century. Young people migrate to cities looking for job opportunities, better working...

Restore a wooden roof

In the case of rehabilitating country houses or rustic houses, it is very common to find roofs made of wood, whose beams are mere tree trunks that are usually in poor condition. Although...

Renewing a house in Sabadell

We start again the rehabilitation works of a single-family house in Sabadell. Energy and structural rehabilitation.

We launch “A Tempo”

From laBoqueria, we wanted to share with you a space for conversation, a moment in this new routine where you can put reflections on the table; look back and smile; think forward. Share...