New Igualada Cemetery

Enric Miralles / EMBT

Igualada, Spain · 1994 · Monument

New Igualada Cemetery
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Location
Igualada, Spain
Year
1994
Typology
Monument
Materials
Concrete, Earth, Stone
Context
Modernism, Brutalism, Contemporary
Map
Open location

Igualada Cemetery or New Cemetery is a cemetery in Igualada, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by the architects Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós after winning an architectural competition in 1984. Constructed between 1985 and 1994 as a replacement for the Old Cemetery, the cemetery became widely regarded as one of the most poetic works of twentieth century Catalan architecture. Enric Miralles, who died in the year 2000 is buried in one of the tombs.

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