Barcelona Life

Quicksilver – Tony Hawk and friends in Barcelona

Jul 19, 2010 | Have your say ~

Unique Sneaker Shops in Barcelona

Find the best sneaker shops in Barcelona
Barcelona is an extremely multicultural and cosmopolitan city. You can tell this without even taking your eyes away from the floor, and just looking at the shoes people are wearing, from British tourists wearing their quintessential white trainers, to local kids wearing all sorts of flamboyant sneakers, as well [...]

Jun 04, 2010 | Have your say ~

Herzog and de Meuron – Forum building Barcelona

Barcelona Forum 2004 Building / Edifici Fòrum
One of Barcelona’s most impressive buildings when it comes to modern architecture is the forum building in Barcelona . This “floating blue cheesecake” represents one of the most recent architectural creations in the city. It is officially recognised as Edifici Fòrum and was designed by the Swiss architects Jacques [...]

Apr 22, 2010 | Have your say ~

Barcelona – city of solar power

Solar power and Photovoltaic power plant in Barcelona
Barcelona is the city with the highest density of solar panels in Europe. In 2006, solar panels covered 40.095 square meters of the roofs on buildings. Catalonia’s local government highly supports sustainability and the usage of renewable energies, especially solar power.
One of the biggest solar power projects in [...]

Mar 28, 2010 | 2 Comments ~