This guide brings together the most important andinteresting examples of modern and contemporaryarchitecture in Barcelona. It covers the emergenceof Modernisme and Noucentisme, creative periodsfor which Barcelona is known the world over:the emblematic German Pavilion by Mies vander Rohe (1929), rationalist works conceivedfrom the 40s and 50s, large housing projects ofthe 70s, the Olympic architecture of the late80s, post-Olympic architecture, examples of theongoing urban redefinition from the 90s, and theiconic architecture of the 21st century. Each entryhas a brief description that includes planningand completion dates, a summary explanatorydescription, and subsequent restorationand alterations with a graphic coding system. This updated edition features the most recentarchitectural production (up until 2012), includinglandmarks such as Jean Nouvels Agbar tower, the2004 Forum building by Herzog & de Meuron,the Media-ICT building by Enric Ruiz Geli,the Santa Caterina Market by EMBT and theDiagonal ZeroZero Telefonica Tower by EMBA.