CaixaForum

Description from frommers

This is one of the city's more exciting contemporary art spaces, both in terms of its setting and what's inside. Opened in 2002 in the Casaramona, an old modernista textile factory designed by Puig i Cadalfach that was used as police barracks in the '30s, the vibrant edifice features a red brick facade and singular turret, to which the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki added a daring walkway, courtyard, and Read more

Description from yahoo

CaixaForum Museum was created by the distinguished Catalan architect Puig i Cadafalch. It is unusual because its original function was as a textile factory and this adds to the center's utilitarian presence. The CaixaForum's open auditorium holds seminars and cultural events. Past events have been graced by the presence of some international big shots like Bill Clinton, Gorbachev, Bono and Noam Chomsky. Its "Foundations Contemporary Art Collection" is a must see. Read more