17 days to go – yök sleeps 16 people
You + 15 friends or family members can stay in our 3 casas! The more the merrier ;)
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18 days to go – the real Barcelona
In yök you can experience the real Barcelona, not that of tourist guides! We are all about sustainable, not mass tourism!
19 days to go – Catalan Modernism
Come live under gorgeous high ceilings from 1900, catalan modernism style!
20 days to go – Petz and Mari
The countdown is on!! Soon you can be with Petz and Mari at yök, two Barcelona lovers who are looking forward to sharing their city with you. Petz is an eco-designer and Mari a hotel manager.
Early birds get 25% off our first month!
Book now for 25% off during our first month! Visit our web for prices and email us to do a booking or if you have any questions, thanks!
The history of our building on c/Trafalgar 39
Vicente de la Fuente, expert in Modernismo/Art Nouveau, finally found out who the architect of our building is. It was done in 1900 by Antonio Costa i Guardiola (not Antonio Rovira i Rabassa as we initially thought). You can read the full history of […]
Look & feel of our spaces
These renders by Marcelo Cannarsa will give you an idea what the spaces will look like when we finish eco-renovating.
El Naufraguito and tourist terrorism
We are fans of El Naufraguito! At the end of the day, yök was born in order to fight the tourist-terrorist, a real threat to Barcelona!
The carbon footprint of a rose
Happy Sant Jordi! Inèdit calculated the C02 footprint of a rose! Only 15% of the around 6 million roses sold on Sant Jordi in Barcelona each year have been grown locally in Catalonia. The rest come from Colombia, Ecuador and the Netherlands. […]
Design in Barcelona’s Eixample district.
Another classic apartment in the Eixample neighbourhood, recently renovated by Gustau Gili Galfetti. More information and photos via diarioDESIGN
Barcelona, the brand.
Here some interesting views about the brand Barcelona. There’s more to it than Gaudí and Picasso, but it is also running the risk of being spoilt by tourism …
Barcelona apartment design by Nook
We love the way Nook architects have renovated this old apartment in the barrio Gótico, respecting the old tiles and the textures of the walls for the new layout. More about the project on Dezeen and DiarioDesign (in spanish). If you like this style, […]
A+ certified low-VOC drywalls by Knauf
Drywalls have in the past often been criticised for being “cheap”, nondurable or flimsy, and bad for your health. So we tried to find another solution to divide up the different apartments and rooms for yök Casa + Cultura. Most of the ideas we […]
(down)cycling old walls and preserving for the future
At yök Casa + Cultura’s eco-renovation, recyclability is one of the key factors. Even though we didn’t want to throw anything away, some of the original partition walls had to go in order to fit the distribution to our current lives, creating smaller apartments with […]
Eco-renovation in Barcelona!
Starting today, I have the pleasure to document our eco-renovation on Treehugger. Our project is called yök Casa + Cultura, and is situated in the center of Barcelona, Spain. Casa stands for eco-friendly tourist accommodation and Cultura reflects the true local culture in Barcelona, not that of tourists. yök […]