It is one of The few Gaudí buildings outside Catalonia whose style is similar to the Santa Teresa College. Conceived at the same time as housing and place of commerce, the building mixturely mixes the Gothic and the modern inspiration to allow it to integrate into the architecture of the city. The particularity of this place is its 4 different entries that allow a clear separation between public and private spaces.
Casa Milà (La Pedrera)
Barcelona, 1910
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This mansion is famous as the top work of Catalan modernism and how penultimate project of Antoni Gaudí. Built in part on the Paseo de Gràcia, near the Batlló house, the construction of the Milà house exceeded the building limitations imposed by the Cerdà Plan and stood out for its artistic and monumental character. The artist, in the apogee of his career, perfectly combined his straight structure with curved ornamentation, inspired by nature through his organic forms. This feat is possible thanks to the facade, which does not contribute at all to the structure, but is left wave, representing the waves, the mountain and the snowy peaks through the use of the limestone.
Sagrada Familia
Barcelona, 1882 – Under construction
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Considered the masterpiece of Antoni Gaudí, The Sagrada Família remains the artist's unfinished monument. As a scape temple, its construction could only be financed with alms, which explains the difficulties of its building. With the aim of building the highest structure in Barcelona, he projected a 172.5 meters cathedral with five ships, three facades and 18 towers. Given this titanic project, the architect knew that he could not see him finished in life and began to maximize the external parts of the temple to ensure that it would be impossible to cut the cathedral of the planned height. Even under construction, the project is being done a lot to finish maintaining its author's aesthetics and style. This architectural wonder, which has survived the times, has a mystical character as a witness of history.
Article originally published in Ad France.