Restoration and Renovation of the Metropol Theatre
Josep-Antoni Llinàs i Carmona. Tarragona, Spain
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Name of work in English
Restoration and Renovation of the Metropol Theatre
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Name of work in original language
Restauració i Reforma del Teatre Metropol
Prize year
EUmies Awards 1996
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Work Location
Tarragona, Spain
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Studio
Josep-Antoni Llinàs i Carmona
EUmies Awards 1996 Nominees
Program
Culture
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Labels
Theatre
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Client
Ajuntament de Tarragona
Completion
1995
During the Spanish war (1936-1939), a bomb fell on the glazed gallery that overlooks the inner courtyard of the theatre and it was rebuilt differently. Years later, it underwent some modifications when the Metropol theater became a cinema. The modifications entailed opening an entrance on Rambla Nova. At the end of the 80s, the Metropol was closed, due to poor security conditions. In 1991 it was acquired by the Tarragona City Council and a process of careful rehabilitation began, directed by the architect Josep Llinàs. According to himself, "a new theater has been built respecting the original magic that Jujol knew how to imprint on the structure, but adapting it to the current times, in which people demand comforts".
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