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Between 1974 and 1980 the Barcelona based architects Tous and Fargas designed for Banca Catalana one of the most picturesque buildings in the town. After applying constructive systems based on modulation and lightness in previous projects, for the headquarters of the Banco Industrial de Cataluna on Avenida Diagonal, they proposed a new external vegetable curtain system. This way, they anticipated the current of ecological construction that years later would put sustainability in the forefront of architectural research.  The BIC building —currently the headquarters of Grupo Planeta— is analyzed here in relation to the history of green architecture in the international context and paying attention to the most innovative technical aspects proposed by its construction. If the whole of the work by Tous and Fargas stands out for its technological experimentation, we want to emphasize here its capacity to detect —more than forty years ago— many of the concerns of current architecture.

Técnica verde. Tous y Fargas en la Diagonal de Barcelona