Collegi Oficial d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, Placa Nova 5, Barcelona: chiselled mural ' El fris dels Gegants' above the main entrance by Pablo Picasso
Architect/Designer | Busquets i Sindreu, Xavier (1917-1990) |
| Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) |
Artist/Photographer | Hope-Fitch, Christopher |
Country | Spain |
City | Barcelona |
Subject Date | 1962 |
Image Date | 2009 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Digital image |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Christopher Hope-Fitch / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Societies' buildings ; Concrete ; Murals |
NOTES: Located in the heart of the old city, this building for the Architects' Institute of Catalonia (COAC) was designed by Xavier Busquets i Sindreu in 1958-1962. The murals 'Els Tres Frisos de la Mediterrania' adorning the building were designed by Pablo Picasso in 1960.
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