A pilates studio and boutique gym: noise, vibration and ventilation
How not to disturb neighbours and keep air fresh in a studio: floating floor, insulation, ventilation, changing rooms and permit.
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Guides: Turnkey renovation · Page 2
BCN YARD guides: Turnkey renovation. 129 articles to help plan your project in Barcelona. Page 2.
An art gallery and showroom: museum lighting, walls and storage
How to prepare a space for exhibition: museum lighting, reinforced walls, climate, storage and works logistics.
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A premium aesthetic and dental clinic: design and technical requirements
How to combine a hotel atmosphere with medical requirements: materials, services, permits and privacy in a clinic.
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A prestige professional office: privacy, acoustics and reception
How to build an office where confidential matters are discussed: walls to the slab, dense doors, server room and reception.
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A boutique hotel: the prototype room before the full refit
Why build one room completely before a hotel refit: what is tested, what changes after and how it affects budget and schedule.
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A fine-dining restaurant: kitchen, extraction, acoustics and guest flow
How a restaurant is fitted out: the path of dish and guest, extraction and flue, acoustics, kitchen hygiene and permits.
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A high-end boutique: lighting, window display and fit-out to brand standards
How to fit out a boutique to a brand manual: approvals, lighting and window, fitting rooms, permits and the works schedule.
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A ground-floor flat with a courtyard garden
How to protect a ground floor from damp, drain the courtyard and make it private and liveable.
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Duplex and triplex in Barcelona: stairs, floors and noise between levels
How to place a duplex staircase, open the floor and handle noise and climate between levels.
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Combining two flats into one: construction, community and registry
What it takes to combine two flats: community approval, wall calculation, services and registration of the new unit.
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Maresme villas: Alella, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres and Cabrils
Villas in Alella, Llavaneres and Cabrils sit on slopes above the sea. Ground, fire rules, extending with the view, and logistics.
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Sitges old town: renovating a house with a courtyard
A house in the Sitges old town: what can change outside and inside, how to add light and how to work on narrow streets.
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Castelldefels by neighbourhood: Montemar, Bellamar and Playa
Montemar, Bellamar and Playa call for different renovations: terrain and wind on the slopes, ground, salt and noise by the sea.
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A Poblenou loft: industrial architecture with high-end comfort
A loft's tall ceilings give space but call for decisions on a mezzanine, acoustics, climate and housing status. We cover the design, beams, sound between floors and paperwork.
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Renovating in Ciutat Vella: narrow streets, medieval walls and restrictions
In Ciutat Vella a renovation runs into narrow streets, floors with no lift, thick stone walls, archaeological supervision and permit times. We cover logistics, underfloor heating, archaeology and neighbours.
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Renovating a 'torre' in Bonanova and Tres Torres: 1930s-60s houses
Houses of the 1930s-60s in Bonanova and Tres Torres have brick walls and old floors, damp at the base and worn services. We cover the survey, extension within build limits, basement, garage and pool.
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Renovating in Sarrià and Pedralbes: gardens, rules and neighbours
In Sarrià and Pedralbes a renovation is shaped by plot parameters, the garden, the boundary, narrow streets and a quiet setting. We cover what can be built, how to organise the site and how to deal with neighbours.
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Renovating in Sant Gervasi-Galvany: mid-century buildings and terraced flats
Mid-century buildings in Sant Gervasi have concrete frames: lower ceilings, lighter walls and sometimes asbestos in services. We cover what that means for layout, how to check walls and how to handle asbestos and the terrace.
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Renovating in the Dreta de l'Eixample near Passeig de Gràcia
In the Dreta de l'Eixample a building may be listed, its lobby and stair protected, and deliveries run along busy streets. We cover building checks, logistics, community rules and the elements that cannot change.
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Safes and secure rooms in the home
A safe is chosen by its burglary and fire grade and anchored into concrete, not a hollow partition. We cover hidden niches, insurance requirements and a secure room as an option.
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Second home upkeep while it stands empty
An empty house by the sea suffers over winter from damp, blockages, the pool and pests. A calendar of checks, remote sensors, a service contract and what to build into a renovation to make upkeep easier.
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Indiano and Modernista villas in Sitges and Maresme
An indiano house or Modernista villa on the Catalan coast first needs a check of the protection catalogue, then careful engineering: underfloor heating, tiles, murals and garden. What is allowed, what is not and in which order.
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Renovating a 1970s-80s coastal villa: what almost always changes
Coastal villas from the 1970s and 80s almost always need a new roof, windows, thermal envelope and services. What hides inside the walls, how to check that extensions are legal and when demolition is simpler.
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Minimal sliding glass walls in penthouses: slim frames and flush thresholds
A big glass wall in a penthouse is limited less by design than by leaf weight, wind, the threshold, crane delivery and approvals. All must be settled before ordering: glass cannot be returned and a threshold is costly to redo.
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