Spaces for cooking, washing, sleeping and storing are housed within plywood compartments inside this former nursery in Barcelona, recently renovated by local architect Carles Enrich Giménez (+ slideshow). More about Plywood partitions create rooms within rooms inside two Barcelona apartments
Spanish architecture studio BCQ has revealed its plans to enhance a Barcelona bridge, adding pollution-dissolving concrete, planted walls and paving that glows in the dark. More about Barcelona bridge to be upgraded with smog-eating concrete and luminous pavements
Squeezed between two existing buildings in Barcelona, this family home by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes features a steel frame, a timber facade and two street-facing balconies (+ slideshow). More about Alventosa Morell slots a four-storey house between two blocks in Barcelona
Five box-shaped blocks radiate out from the centre of this Barcelona house by Spanish firm RTA-Office, separating living areas from the client's workspace (+ slideshow). More about Five sprawling volumes make up Barcelona home by RTA-Office
Wooden panels and doors slide across the geometric floor tiles that Nook Architects uncovered during the remodelling of this narrow Barcelona apartment (+ slideshow). More about Sliding wooden partitions divide Nook Architects' latest Barcelona apartment
Patterned floor tiles mark out the original layout of this 1930s apartment in Barcelona, restored by local architecture student Adrian Elizalde. More about Adrian Elizalde renovates 1930s tiled apartment in Barcelona
News: the Barcelona Design Museum will open in December with newly curated collections that represent Catalonian design history from the third century to present day (+ slideshow). More about New Barcelona Design Museum merges decorative art and design collections
This one-bedroom apartment in Barcelona has been remodelled by Nook Architects to include a second bedroom, as well as built-in storage around three arched doorways (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects squeezes a second bedroom into a Barcelona apartment
This Barcelona apartment renovated by local firms Miel Arquitectos and Studio P10 contains two micro live-work spaces either side of communal kitchen facilities (+ slideshow). More about Miel Arquitectos and Studio P10 design Barcelona apartment for "shared micro living"
Barcelona architect Sergi Pons has exposed stone walls and wooden beams during the renovation of this apartment in the city's Les Corts district. More about Sergi Pons uncovers stonework and ceiling vaults in renovated Barcelona apartment
Terracotta tiles on the balcony continue inside this Barcelona holiday apartment renovated by Colombo and Serboli Architecture (+ slideshow). More about CaSA renovates Rocha Apartment with an assortment of tiles
Barcelona studio Nook Architects has revamped a fourth apartment in one building in the city's Gothic quarter using leftover materials from the previous three projects (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects completes fourth renovation in Barcelona apartment building
Spanish toy brand Mitoi has launched two collections of colourful building blocks that enable children to recreate iconic buildings from around the world (+ slideshow). More about Mitoi launches architectural building block toys
Six timber boxes protrude from the sides of this house in the hills north of Barcelona by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about Casa GG by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes comprises six wooden boxes
Spanish architect Carles Enrich has inserted a plywood box beneath the vaulted ceilings of an early 20th-century apartment in Barcelona to create a new bathroom and kitchen unit. More about Carles Enrich inserts plywood box inside renovated Barcelona apartment
Over the last few years Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion has been loaded with junk, and had its pools filled with coffee and milk. Now photographer Jordi Bernadó has taken the doors out and mounted them onto the facade. More about Jordi Bernadó removes doors from Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion
Laboratory for Architecture in Barcelona uncovered barrel-vaulted brick ceilings during the renovation of this apartment in the architects' home city (+ slideshow). More about Vaulted brick ceilings revealed inside renovated Barcelona apartment
This 27-storey Barcelona hotel by Ateliers Jean Nouvel is punctured by windows shaped like palm fronds and contains a huge atrium filled with palm trees and tropical vegetation (photos by Roland Halbe). More about Jean Nouvel's Barcelona Hotel has leafy windows and a plant-filled atrium
Gaps between the three brick boxes of this house near Barcelona by local firm H Arquitectes can be transformed from enclosed rooms into covered patios by folding back glass doors at both ends (+ slideshow). More about House 1101 by H Arquitectes has rooms that double as sheltered patios
A landscape of stepped boxes covered in sisal displays products at this Barcelona boutique by local firm Arquitectura-G. More about AOO shop in Barcelona by Arquitectura-G has a stepped sisal display platform