Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona is an arts centre in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building The centre has a floor area of 15,000 m 2, of which 4,000 are exhibition spaces. It also has an auditorium, a bookstore and various multiuse seminar and lecture rooms. The CCCB occupies part of the old Casa de Caritat almshouse, built in 1802 and serving this role until 1957. The remodelled premises are the work of the architects Helio Piñón and Albert Viaplana, and, in 1993, the project was awarded the FAD and Ciutat de Barcelona Architecture Prizes. The new project replaced the north wing.