Environment for astral encounters

The constellation of the Pleiades is the most outstanding star cluster in the sky. In Greek mythology, it represented the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleyone. The Aztecs called this constellation Tianquiztli, meaning "market" or "meeting place", in reference to the group of stars forming the cluster. The market as a space for exchange of goods and knowledge, ultimately, the public square or the agora of civilization.

Gold Delta Award ADI

Gold Delta Award 1961 to concrete relief paving by Antoni GaudíA reedited version of the relief paving designed by Gaudí for the Batlló House in Barcelona. Made of moulded coloured concrete, the pattern in each tile makes it possible to create three different drawings on the ground depending on how it is laid out.

National Design Prize

National Design Prize 1992 a Escofet 1886. Looking over the Escofet company's production covering more than a century. The awards ceremony for the National Design Prizes began at 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 10 in 1992. The company Escofet 1886 S.A., received the National Design Prize in recognition of its long creative tradition and its innovative capacity with special attention being drawn to its notable position in international markets.

Gold Delta Award ADI

Gold Delta 2001 for Lungo Mare by Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue. Ever since its establishment over a hundred years ago, Escofet has stood out for its constant willingness to innovate. Only thus can the appearance in this catalogue of an object such as the Lungo Mare bench be understood.

Gold Delta Award ADI

Gold Delta Award 2005 to Godot bench by los díez. Godot is a collection of prism-shaped concrete benches featuring a semicircular opening at one end to generate a tree-encircling compositions with an artificial base-pedestal.