It's not all Gaudi, all the time in Barcelona. OK, well, it sort of is. Definitely. But there are buildings designed by other talented architects to walk by, turn a glance to.
It's hard to lose Gaudi, he's everywhere. Along Passieg de Gracia, Gaudi's Casa Batlo (on the right) shares the block with Josep Puig i Cadafalch's Casa Amatller. Mere fantasy hanging out with absurdity.
A Gaudi detail, a fabulous fence at his first Barcelona commission, Casa Vicens. A Salvador Valeri i Pupurull Art Nouveau nugget apartment building, Casa Comalat.
Casa de les Punxes, the nickname, meaning, "house of spikes." It was designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch for three sisters who wanted to re-develop the property into apartments for themselves. That's right, this building is a whopping three apartments. High living in Barcelona around 1905.
Moving down the street in the same Eixample neighborhood, we come to Palau Baro de Quadras, another Cadafalch work. A bit Gothic on the outside, full-on tiled Moderniste on the inside lobby/driveway. Built in 1904.
A few blocks away sits a fancy mansion called Palau Montaner, now used by the Madrid government as its offices in Catalonia. Lluis Domenech i Montaner finished the building in 1893.
It's hard to lose Gaudi, he's everywhere. Along Passieg de Gracia, Gaudi's Casa Batlo (on the right) shares the block with Josep Puig i Cadafalch's Casa Amatller. Mere fantasy hanging out with absurdity.
A Gaudi detail, a fabulous fence at his first Barcelona commission, Casa Vicens. A Salvador Valeri i Pupurull Art Nouveau nugget apartment building, Casa Comalat.
 |  |
Moving down the street in the same Eixample neighborhood, we come to Palau Baro de Quadras, another Cadafalch work. A bit Gothic on the outside, full-on tiled Moderniste on the inside lobby/driveway. Built in 1904.
 |  |
No comments:
Post a Comment