In 1935, after training as an architect at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB), Agustín Borrell Sensat (Barcelona, 1910-1970) began his professional career in Barcelona. In 1940, he became a state architect, and between 1960 and 1970 was head of the Urban Assessment Department of Barcelona.
Agustín designed a number of key projects, such as the Bar Association building in Barcelona (Barcelona, 1950), Banco Rural y Mediterráneo (Barcelona, 1953), Hotel Manila (Barcelona, 1953), the offices for Radio Liberty (Pals, Girona, 1958), as well as several educational facilities and industrial buildings in Madrid, Valencia, Alicante and Barcelona, and others.