The Mar High School already has the five finalist architectural studies

BarcelonaThe Gran Teatre del Liceu already knows which are the five finalist architecture studios in the competition for the construction of the . They are the following: Sanaa, the studio founded by Japanese Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, Pritzker Prize 2010, with CFA; Batlle i Roig associated with Norwegian Snøhetta, designer of the Oslo Opera House; Barozzi Veiga with Maio and Burgos Garrido; Japanese Sou Fujimoto with Gras and Aldayjover; and b720 with Decas, the studio of British and responsible for Barcelona's Justice City.In other words, five bids with Catalan presence: the architect from Girona , from CFA;

, who are currently renovating the , on Barcelona's La Rambla; the Barcelona-based studios of ), and Maio Arquitectes; another Barcelona-based studio, Aldayjover (which has carried out the river restoration of the Manzanares River and has won ), formed by Iñaki Alday, Margarita Jover, Jesús Arcos and Francisco Mesoner, and associated with the Majorcan Gras; and , the studio of Fermín Vázquez responsible for the new Mercat dels Encants.These five finalists are chosen from the 55 candidacies submitted. The selection, made by a jury chaired by urban planner Martha Thorne, has chosen the finalists by evaluating the files provided by the candidates. This information did not propose a specific proposal but rather a team with at least five heads responsible for architecture, urban planning, acoustics, audiovisual communication, and new technologies. From now on, each finalist can present their project with models and renders; in other words, with the final design. In this phase, which will be decided from the 2026-2027 season onwards, the four studios that do not win will receive a remuneration of 25,000 euros.

Liceu Mar will not be just a facility to expand the artistic offerings of the Liceu. The location in Port Vell implies the urbanization of 46,000 m², of which the building itself represents only between 10% and 15%. Therefore, an integral transformation of Moll d'Espanya will be necessary, along with indispensable collaboration with the Barcelona City Council and the Port of Barcelona. The urbanization will entail the disappearance of the Imax building and the burial of the road for vehicle access, which will allow the building to approach the water, facing Barceloneta. Currently, work is being done with the forecast that all of this will have a cost of 70 million euros.

The objective of the Liceu is for Liceu Mar to be a 9,000 m² building, with a hall of 900 seats, three rehearsal rooms, 900 m² of lobby space, and two restaurants. The artistic programming of this second venue of the Liceu will have its own personality, complementary to that of the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The inauguration date has not yet been determined, but it could be from 2030 onwards.