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Dec 19, 2022 · Discover the stunning architectural designs of Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan architect who created the Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, Park Güell and more. Learn about his style, influences and features of his masterpieces in Barcelona and its surroundings.
Seven (parts of) buildings are included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site No. 320bis, Works of Antoni Gaudí, all of them located in the Province of Barcelona: Parque Güell; Palacio Güell; Casa Mila; Casa Vicens; Nativity Façade and Crypt of the Sagrada Familia
Seven properties built by the architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) in or near Barcelona testify to Gaudí’s exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Mar 31, 2024 · Antoni Gaudí was a Catalan architect whose distinctive style is characterized by freedom of form, voluptuous colour and texture, and organic unity. The close integration between the construction, form, and decoration of Gaudí’s buildings reveals his interest in nature and his belief that the structure of a natural object informs its shape ...
March 9, 2020. Amid Barcelona’s Gothic and contemporary architecture, a bevy of buildings stand out for their unusual style—they are the masterpieces by hometown architect Antoni Gaudí.
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Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (/ ɡ aʊ ˈ d i / gow-DEE, / ˈ ɡ aʊ d i / GOW-dee, Catalan: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works have a highly individualized, sui generis style.
Today Gaudí's global fame as a designer is assured, and seven of his buildings in Barcelona are listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Numerous tributes to Gaudí include his beatification by the Catholic Church in 2000; Christopher Rouse's guitar concerto Gaudí (1999), a musical of the same title from 2002, the Gaudí awards by the ...