Saturday, December 31, 2016

COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS in Architetto / COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS en Architetto


We are finishing 2016 sharing a link to the Italian e-magazine Architetto, who publish COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS' Sepe Offices in San Sebastian:
http://www.architetto.info/news/progettazione/gli-uffici-pubblici-di-san-sebastian-firmati-da-coll-barreu/
Photo Aleix Bagué

Finalizamos 2016 con un enlace a la revista electrónica italiana Architetto, quienes publican el proyecto de COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS Sepe Offices en San Sebastián:
http://www.architetto.info/news/progettazione/gli-uffici-pubblici-di-san-sebastian-firmati-da-coll-barreu/
Foto Aleix Bagué

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Merry Christmas 2016 / Feliz Navidad 2016



That wonderful Evening is here again. To all our clients, friends, colleagues, students: Merry Christmas. We wish you all the best for Christmas and a great 2017As every year Tonight, we share rock or contemporary pop music, for first time happily performed by a Nobel Price: "Must Be Santa" by Bob Dylan 

Esa maravillosa Noche ha llegado de nuevo. A todos nuestros clientes, amigos, colegas, alumnos: Feliz Navidad. Os deseamos todo lo mejor para esta Navidad y un gran 2017. Como hacemos esta Noche todos los años, compartimos rock o música pop contemporánea, y por primera vez felizmente interpretada por un Premio Nobel: "Must Be Santa" de Bob Dylan

Who's got a beard
That's long and white?
Santa's got a beard
That's long and white

Who comes around
On a special night?
Santa comes around
On a special night

Special night
Beard that's white

Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Santa Claus

Who wears boots
And a suit of red?
Santa wears boots
And a suit of red

Who wears a long cap
On his head?
Santa wears a long cap
On his head

Cap on head
Suit that's red
Special night
Beard that's white

Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Santa Claus

Who's got a big red
Cherry nose?
Santa's got a big red
Cherry nose

Who laughs this way
Ho, ho, ho?
Santa laughs this way
Ho, ho, ho

Ho, ho, ho
Cherry nose
Cap on head
Suit that's red
Special night
Beard that's white

Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Santa Claus

Who very soon
Will come our way?
Santa very soon
Will come our way

Eight little reindeer
Pull his sleigh
Santa's little reindeer
Pull his sleigh

Reindeer sleigh
Come our way
Ho, ho, ho
Cherry nose
Cap on head
Suit that's red
Special night
Beard that's white

Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Santa Claus

Dasher, Dancer
Prancer, Vixen
Eisenhower, Kennedy
Johnson, Nixon

Dasher, Dancer
Prancer, Vixen
Carter, Reagan
Bush and Clinton

Reindeer sleigh
Come our way
Ho, ho, ho
Cherry nose
Cap on head
Suit that's red
Special night
Beard that's white

Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Must be Santa
Santa Claus

Songwriters: B. Fredricks / H. Moore Must Be Santa lyrics © Intuitive Music, Woodwyn Music Company 
Lyrics corrected by the interpreter, already updated in the transcript

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Final Review at our Studio / Entrega final en nuestra clase de proyectos




Images from some of the presentations in our final review at the studio at NC State. We really enjoyed sharing the results of a great job. Thank you all for a wonderful semester!

Algunas imágenes de las presentaciones de proyectos en nuestra entrega y exposición de final de semestre en NC State. Realmente fue un placer compartir los resultados de un gran trabajo. Gracias a todos por un estupendo semestre.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Suffixation (-on -Architecture -and -Press)


Suffixation (-on -Architecture -and -Press) is Juan Collbarreu's seminar for next 2016-17 Spring semester at NC State School of Architecture in the College of Design.
The seminar wants to be a practical investigation on criticism and publications. The publication of architecture is the counterpart of the works, which in modern times are incomplete without the necessary suffix of its diffusion and the opinion of others.

You can download the preliminary description here

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Madrid and Raleigh work together

Today, students of my studios in NC State and ETSAM begin to work together. International teams on super-sites: micro buildings for a social urban renewal

Sunday, August 28, 2016

New building in Madrid


Working in the last reviews of our last modern restoration. We are very happy with the rebirth of a landmark. Building by architect Javier Carvajal 1968, renovation by COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS 2016

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Three COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS buildings awarded with 2016 COAVN Awards / Tres edificios de COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS premiados en los Premios COAVN 2016





Three COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS' buildings have been awarded in the Architecture section of the COAVN Awards 2016, presented triennially by the Basque and Navarre Official Institute of Architects. Firemen House, Policemen House and Textured Tower, all built by our office, will be honored tomorrow June 9 2016 at 7 PM in a ceremony to be held at the Plenary Hall of the Donostia-San Sebastian City Hall. Our thanks to COAVN Institute and congratulations to all the winners.

Photos by Aleix Bagué (Policemen House), Juan Rodríguez (Firemen House) and COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS (Textured Tower).

Tres edificios de COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS han sido premiados en la modalidad de Arquitectura de los Premios COAVN de 2016, otorgados trienalmente por el Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Vasco-Navarro. Firemen House, Policemen House y Textured Tower, los tres construidos por nuestro estudio, han sido honrados con el premio, que se entrega mañana 9 de Junio de 2016 a las 19:00 h en una ceremonia que tendrá lugar en el Salón de Plenos del Ayuntamiento de Donostia-San Sebastián. Muchas gracias al COAVN y enhorabuena a todos los premiados.

Fotos de Aleix Bagué (Policemen House), Juan Rodríguez (Firemen House) y COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS (Textured Tower).

Thursday, May 12, 2016

(Ours) Hyperlocalization of Architecture / (Nuestra) Hiperlocalización en Arquitectura




"(Ours) Hyperlocalization in Architecture" is the new Andrew Michler "book about architecture's new place" published by eVolo in Los Angeles, CA. COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS' E8 Building and Health Department Headquarters in Bilbao are widely featured in the book, as well as two long interviews with Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza and Juan Coll-Barreu.

According with the author, "The expressive nature of wrapping is an antidote to shape making for its own sake. The formulation of these projects is in the service to the sun, which by nature starts with site. Solar control is also about coaxing gentle daylight deep into a space. These are the real solar-powered buildings. Design dialog then can commence with an inventive palette of materials, shapes, and expressions, allowing contemporary architectural expression to acclimatize to its place. Perhaps this is why Spanish architecture in particular is so well-versed in solar control. In a place of sun, these buildings navigate light like a mariner crosses the sea."

Undoubtedly, Michler's book provides the global contemporary view that was so necessary about true sustainability in architecture.

http://hyperlocalarch.com/

"(Ours) Hyperlocalization in Architecture" es el nuevo libro de Andrew Michler "sobre el nuevo lugar de la arquitectura" publicado por la editorial eVolo en Los Ángeles, California. Los edificios E8 Building y Health Department Headquarters en Bilbao construidos por COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS están extensamente publicados en el libro, así como sendas entrevistas con Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza y Juan Coll-Barreu.

Según el autor del libro, "la naturaleza expresiva de la envoltura es un antídoto para que la forma no se desenvuelva por sí misma. La formulación de estos proyectos está en el servicio al sol, que por naturaleza comienza con el lugar. El control solar busca también que la luz natural entre sueve pero profundamente en un espacio. Estos son los verdaderos edificios con energía solar. El discurso del diseño puede comenzar a partir de allí con una inventiva paleta de materiales, formas y expresiones que permiten que la arquitectura contemporánea se aclimate a su lugar. Quizás esta es la razón por la cual el control solar esté tan bien desarrollado en la arquitectura española. En un lugar de sol, estos edificios conducen la luz como un marinero cruza el mar."

Sin duda, el libro de Michler ofrece la visión global y contemporánea que era necesaria sobre la verdadera sostenibilidad en arquitectura.

http://hyperlocalarch.com/

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

On Keller Easterling and Ramon Faura / Sobre Keller Easterling y Ramón Faura

Juan Coll-Barreu has published two introductions on the authors Keller Easterling, professor at Yale School of Architecture, and Ramon Faura, professor at Barcelona School of Architecture. The essays are part of two separate volumes of the Talkument collection, published by DPA Prints, the publishing factory of the Department of Architectural Design at the Madrid Superior Technical School of Architecture ETSAM.

Juan Coll-Barreu ha publicado dos presentaciones sobre los autores Keller Easterling, profesora de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Yale, y Ramón Faura, profesor de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Barcelona. Los ensayos forman parte de sendos volúmenes de la colección Talkument editada por DPA Prints, la fábrica editorial del Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid ETSAM.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

On the Gehry effect / Sobre el efecto Gehry


Issue 1 2015 by Grand Tour magazine is a special issue dedicated to American architect Frank Gehry and some of his most iconic buildings, including the new Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. All featured buildings are open for the public to visit. Photography by Danica Kus, Marchand & Meffre and Markus Anderson. Juan Coll-Barreu offers his personal vision through the article "No rivals. A vision on Frank O. Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao."

According to magazine director Marianna Wahlsten, "The ‘Bilbao effect’ has become an exhausted term, Juan Coll-Barreu, architect from the Basque country with offices in Madrid and Bilbao points out in his article, but without Gehry “the modern discourse on architecture would have been dangerously homogenous”. As someone working and living by one of Gehry’s icons he has witnessed the transformation since the opening of the Guggenheim in 1997. For the post-digital generation of architects the increased play with sculptural form seems natural." 

http://www.grandtourmagazine.com/category/issues/

El número 1 de 2015 de la revista Grand Tour es un número especial dedicado al arquitecto estadounidense Frank Gehery y a algunos de sus edificios más representativos, como su nuevo edificio para la Fundación Louis Vuitton en París. Todos los edificios publicados están abiertos al público y pueden visitarse. Para este número han realizado fotografías Danica Kus, Marchand & Meffre y Markus Anderson. Juan Coll-Barreu ofrece su visión personal a través del artículo "No rivals. A vision on Frank O. Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao."

Según Marianna Wahlsten, directora de la revista, "el 'efecto Bilbao' se ha convertido en un término agotado. Juan Coll-Barreu, arquitecto del País Vasco con oficinas en Madrid y Bilbao señala en su artículo que, sin embargo, sin Gehry "el último discurso moderno en arquitectura hubiera sido peligrosamente homogéneo". Como un observador que ha vivido y trabajado junto a uno de los iconos de Gehry, ha sido testigo de la transformación que se ha producido desde la inauguración del museo Guggenheim en 1997. Para la generación de arquitectos de la era post-digital, el juego creciente con las formas esculturales resulta algo natural".

http://www.grandtourmagazine.com/category/issues/

Friday, April 1, 2016

"The Concrete Life of Everyone" / "La vida concreta de todos"

Juan Coll-Barreu
“The Concrete Life of Everyone”
Architect Juan Coll-Barreu will present the latest works made in his office along with their concerns doing it.
Friday Forum, Friday, April 1, LEZ 310, 12:10-1:10PM. NC State University. 

Juan Coll-Barreu
“la vida concreta de todos”
El arquitecto Juan Coll-Barreu presentará las últimas obras de su estudio junto con los planteamientos que han servido para construirlas.
Friday Forum, Viernes 1 Abril 2016, auditorio LEZ 310 12:10 h. NC State University.

Friday, March 18, 2016

Friday Forum event with Juan Coll-Barreu rescheduled for April 1 / Conferencia pospuesta al 1 de Abril

Please note that Friday Forum event with Juan Coll-Barreu is postponed. It is rescheduled for April 1 2016 at noon in LEZ 310, Leazar Hall, NC State University

La conferencia de Juan Coll-Barreu se ha pospuesto al próximo viernes 1 de Abril de 2016 a las 12:00 h en la sala LEZ 310, Leazar Hall, NC State University

Sunday, March 13, 2016

BMW chooses COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS in USA / BMW elige COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS en EEUU



BMW joins other European car manufacturers that have chosen buildings built by COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS to reinforce the image of their cars. E8 Building built by COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS in Spain accompanies the latest generation of the 3 Series in the U.S. BMW websites

BMW se une a otros fabricantes europeos de automóviles que han elegido edificios construidos por COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS para reforzar la imagen de sus coches. El Edificio E8 construido por COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS acompaña a la última generación de la Serie 3 en las páginas web estadounidenses de BMW

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Lecture at NC State School of Architecture / Conferencia en NC State School of Architecture



Next March 18 at 12:00 PM, the latest COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS works will be presented by Juan Coll-Barreu in a lecture at NC State School of Architecture.
Official Poster PDF:
https://design.ncsu.edu/sites/default/files/JointLectureSeries-SoA-AIAT-Spring2016.pdf

El próximo 18 de Marzo a las 12:00 h, Juan Coll-Barreu presentará las últimas obras de COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS en una conferencia en NC State School of Architecture.
Cartel oficial en PDF:
https://design.ncsu.edu/sites/default/files/JointLectureSeries-SoA-AIAT-Spring2016.pdf

Friday, January 29, 2016

How to Draw a Castle? / ¿Cómo se dibuja un castillo?

"How to Draw a Castle". Tomorrow, at my Studio. January 29 2016, 1:30 PM, 300 KAM, School of Architecture. NC State University

"Cómo se dibuja un castillo". Mañana, en la clase de proyectos. 29 Enero 2016, 13:30, 300 KAM, School of Architecture. NC State University

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The Basic Classics. Books about LA for architecture students / Clásicos básicos. Libros sobre LA para estudiantes de arquitectura



I respond to the request of students at ARC 590, and propose in chronological order 10 (+1) classic readings for approaching the architecture of Southern California. I hope you enjoy them. I wait for your comments

1
MCCOY, ESTHER / cap. MAKINSON, RANDELL L. / int. ENTENZA, JOHN, Five California Architects, Reinhold, Los Angeles, 1960


2
BANHAM, REYNER, Los Angeles, the Architecture of Four Ecologies, Allen Lane The Penguin Press, London, 1971


3
GEBHARD, DAVID / VON BRETON, HARRIETTE, L.A. In The Thirties, Peregrine Smith, Salt Lake City, 1975


4
GEBHARD, DAVID / WINTER, ROBERT Architecture in Los Angeles. A Compleat Guide, Gibbs Smith / Peregrine Smith, Salt Lake City, 1984 (
and subsequent editions)

5
MCCOY, ESTHER / int. PELLI, CESAR, The Second Generation, Gibbs Smith / Peregrine Smith, Salt Lake City, 1984


6
STARR, KEVIN, Inventing The Dream. California Through the Progressive Era, Oxford University, New York, 1985


7
KAPLAN, SAM HALL / fotog. SHULMAN, JULIUS / dis. LEVY, DANA, LA Lost and Found. An Architectural History of Los Angeles, Crown, New York, 1987


8
THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART / ed. SMITH, ELIZABETH A. T. / cap. MCCOY, ESTHER / HINES, THOMAS S. / SEARING, HELEN / STARR, KEVIN / SMITH, ELIZABETH A.T. / BANHAM, REYNER / HAYDEN, DOLORES, Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Ángeles, MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London, 1989


9
DAVIS, MIKE / fot. MORROW, ROBERT, City of Quartz. Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, Verso, New Left Books, London 1990


10
HINES, THOMAS S., Architecture of the Sun. California Modernism 1900-1970, Rizzoli, New York, 2010


(+1)
COLL-BARREU, JUAN / int. MANGADO, FRANCISCO, Construcción de los paisajes inventados. Los Ángeles doméstico 1900-1960, Fundación Caja de Arquitectos, Barcelona, 2004


Respondo a la petición de los alumnos de ARC 590 y os propongo, en orden cronológico, 10 (+1) libros clásicos para aproximarse a la arquitectura del Sur de California. Espero que os gusten, y espero vuestros comentarios