La Pedrera, 100 Years

La Pedrera celebrates hundred years of the signature of the document certifying its works’ completion (on 31 October 1912) and the Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera celebrated it with all the residents of the city and visitors.

To commemorate the centenary, a programme of activities had been put together that is a blend of the essentially festive occasions typical of any celebration together with various cultural and artistic events related to the singular nature of a monumental building such as La Pedrera, designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí.

The video of the centenary

To mark the centenary of La Pedrera, Catalonia important personalities have explained what has meaning and significance of this building to Barcelona and Catalonia.

The videos of "La Pedrera. Emocions en moviment"

This is the video of the dance and projections performance that could be seen on december 1rst on the front of La Pedrera. 

And this is the making off performance video. 

Culture and celebration

The activities included:

• An exhibition commemorating the centenary
• Lectures
• Shows and concerts
• Family activities: festivities and workshops
• Activities related to conservation and awareness-raising: restorations, talks and seminars on heritage

Acts as specified:

Nov. 9.: La Escolania de Montserrat at La Pedrera

Nov. 17.: La Pedrera giant's 100.0

Nov. 18.: Open day and human towers

Nov. 19: Modernism. Lecture by Paul Greenhalgh

Nov. 24.: La Pedrera 100 years ago (family activity)

Nov. 25.: 3rd Architecture Family Festival

Nov. 28.: Concert by Jordi Savall: "Florias & Romances"

Dec. 1: La Pedrera, Emocions en moviment

Dec 17: 8th Cutural Heritage Conference at La Pedrera

Exhibition: Nov.13 to Feb.24:  "The other Pedreras. Architecture and design around the World in the early twentieth century"

To mark the centenary of La Pedrera, La Pedrera Café has prepared a special menu.

La Pedrera as Never Seen Before

As part of the centenary celebrations, we have set up the project entitled La Pedrera as Never Seen Before, which will provide an opportunity to discover and safeguard photographs, film images, written documents and oral accounts that have thus far remained out of the public eye or which are largely unknown, all to do with the history of La Pedrera from 1906, the year construction work began, to 1986, when the building was purchased by Caixa Catalunya.

More information.