Layer by layer, a crumbling 18th-century flat in the middle of Barcelona found new life at the hands of architect Benedetta Tagliabue. When Tagliabue and her husband, the late architect Enric Miralles, began knocking down walls inside what was to become their home they discovered an original arch suspected to be a remnant of the city’s Roman past. Immediately halting the crew, Tagliabue and Miralles decided instead to celebrate the aesthetic juxtaposition by leaving it all in situ.
