CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona)

CCCB occupies part of the Casa de la Caritat, an 18th-century charitable institution that housed Barcelona's poor, orphaned and elderly for over 150 years before closing in the 20th century — a history the centre's exhibitions occasionally reference directly, given the building's own weighty social past. The complex was converted into a contemporary culture centre in 1994, sharing the site with MACBA next door as part of the same Raval regeneration push.

The building's most striking architectural intervention is the Pati de les Dones (Women's Courtyard, named for the section of the institution once housing female residents), where architects Helio Piñón and Albert Viaplana added a huge angled glass wall that reflects the sky and surrounding historic facades at dramatic angles — a modern insertion into 18th-century stone that has become one of the Raval's most photographed contemporary architectural spaces.