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Name of house:
MACBA
Address: Plaça dels àngels
Architect: Richar Meier
Building date: 1985
The Museum of
Contemporary Art of Barcelona, a work by Richar Meier, is conceived as
a longitudinal cube volume measuring 120 x 35 m .
The façade is all glazed. The other three facades and the main exterior are restored respecting the original façade. But the southern façade of the building is totally new.
The origins of the present Museu d'art Contemporani of Barcelona goes back to 1959 when the art critic Alexandre Cirici Peciller identified the need to create a museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona.
In 1985, the Generalitat de Catalunya's Minister of Culture, Joan Rigol, revived the idea of a Museum of Contemporany Art. Then it was approved the creation of a consortium composed of the Generalitat in Barcelona city Council for the purpose of establishing a Museum in the historic Casa de la Ciutat, but a change of Minister few months later brought the project to life.
In 1987 saw the Constitution of the Macba Foundation chaired by the businessman Leopoldo Rodés. The new museum opened its doors in 1998.
The façade is all glazed. The other three facades and the main exterior are restored respecting the original façade. But the southern façade of the building is totally new.
The origins of the present Museu d'art Contemporani of Barcelona goes back to 1959 when the art critic Alexandre Cirici Peciller identified the need to create a museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona.
In 1985, the Generalitat de Catalunya's Minister of Culture, Joan Rigol, revived the idea of a Museum of Contemporany Art. Then it was approved the creation of a consortium composed of the Generalitat in Barcelona city Council for the purpose of establishing a Museum in the historic Casa de la Ciutat, but a change of Minister few months later brought the project to life.
In 1987 saw the Constitution of the Macba Foundation chaired by the businessman Leopoldo Rodés. The new museum opened its doors in 1998.
