描述
Juan Trias de Bes. Architecture 2003-2025
This 316-page monograph covers more than two decades of the Barcelona-based studio TdB Architects, directed by Juan Trias de Bes. A work defined by its fidelity to material, light, and context, and articulated around a design ethic rather than a recognizable aesthetic.
Divided into two main sections— Renovation and New Construction —with projects developed down to the plans and construction details, the publication features emblematic projects such as Casa Burés, Palau Moxó, and the Natura Bissé headquarters, among others. Each intervention demonstrates a desire for precision and continuity, where technique and poetics merge in an architecture expressed through constructive rigor, systematization, and dialogue with preexisting structures.
Josep Maria Montaner’s introduction, “The Materiality of Architecture. Restoring, Living, Working,” and Trias de Bes’s own text, “The Work Continues. A Reflection on the Orientation of Projects ,” outline the theoretical framework that articulates this journey. Both emphasize how each work is part of a continuum: an investigation into the topological potential of construction and the search for “total construction,” where form and matter reach their maximum expression.
Through each project included in this monograph, TdB Architects demonstrates how contemporary architecture is possible that respects and reinterprets its context, establishing permanent dialogues between history, place, and materiality.
Contents
The Materiality of Architecture Restore, Inhabit, Work
Josep Maria Montaner
Continuous Work, Work Continues a Reflection on the Orientation of the Projects
Juan Trias de Bes
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitated Housing Gràcia, Barcelona, Spain
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
TdB Architects Main Office, Barcelona, Spain
Burés i Borràs House, Barcelona, Spain
Moxó Palace, Barcelona, Spain
Office Building in 22@, Barcelona, Spain
Antigua Casa Buenavista Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
Residential Building in “Eixample”, Barcelona, Spain
Ex-novo
University Residence Hall in Barcelona, Spain
Calls House in La Garriga, Barcelona, Spain
FCK House in Castellcir, Barcelona, Spain
CDS House, Caldes de Malavella, Girona, Spain
Residential Building, Barcelona, Spain
Multihousing Building, Barcelona, Spain
Residential Building in Pallars Street, Barcelona, Spain
ESADE Business School Campus, Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain
Grifols Corporate Headquarters, Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain
Manusa Corporate Headquarters, Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain
House-Factory Natura Bissé in Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
