Modernista

Gaudí

La Pedrera

The Casa Milà is the Barcelona building which triggers the most enthusiasm, but when it was built, the members of Catalan society were horrified when they saw it; they weren’t ready for Gaudí’s visionary talent. They compared it to a melting ca ...
The Casa Batlló

A creative explosion applied to a building. Impossible shapes, masks, water lilies that glisten in the sunlight, glass and ceramics, colour… Gaudí’s Casa Batlló brings the Passeig de Gràcia and the visitor one of the most stunning façades in ...
Casa Calvet

In reality, there are many Gaudís, and the Casa Calvet, one of his earliest works, reveals the most baroque and rococo Gaudí. Nevertheless, the elements of modernisme can be seen in its undulating façade and its balconies, which look almost magica ...

Casa Lleó Morera

The Casa Lleó Morera is the third building on the Mançana de la Discòrdia on the Passeig de Gràcia. Designed by Domènech i Montaner, in its day, it was defined as a scaled-down version of the Palau de la Música Catalana. In truth, when you look ...
Hospital de Sant Pau

Domènech i Montaner took 30 years to complete his project, but he got there in the end, building a hospital in the Eixample which looks like anything but a hospital. There is no use of white here, only the red of the brickwork, and instead of clinic ...
Palau de la Música Catalana

When you look at the Palau de la Música Catalana you’ll be looking at Catalan art nouveau, or modernisme, in absolute terms. The prestigious Barcelona concert hall contains all its key elements: wrought iron, stained-glass windows with their amazi ...

The Casa Amatller

Together with Gaudí, Josep Puig i Cadafalch is one of the most outstanding exponents of modernista architecture in Barcelona. His Casa Amatller is a worthy rival of the landmarks by Gaudí and Domènech i Montaner which astonish visitors to the Manc ...
Casa Martí – Els 4 Gats

As you step inside the Casa Martí you’ll feel transported back in time. Here you can soak up the intellectual atmosphere that imbued the modernista Barcelona of the late 19th century. The poster by Picasso advertising the café and restaurant Els ...
Casa Terrades or “Casa de les Punxes”

An imposing, almost fairy-tale castle. The modernista Casa Terrades, better known as the Casa de les Punxes (house of spikes) is one of Barcelona’s landmark buildings. Designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, the house is reminiscent of a medieval castl ...

Casa Bruno Cuadros

A large wrought-iron dragon holds up a lantern on the façade of this building which is replete with Oriental, Egyptian and baroque motifs, and sculptural cast-iron umbrellas. No, this isn’t a stage set: it is one of the most impressive buildings o ...
Casa Roviralta

The Casa Roviralta rises up majestically on the stately Avinguda Tibidabo in the Sarrià district and it doesn’t go unnoticed. Known locally as “El fraile blanco” (The white friar), it blends the traditional feel of its structure with a marked ...
Casa Sayrach

The deep imprint of modernisme meant that buildings paying tribute to this style were still being constructed in Barcelona as late as 1918. The Casa Sayrach is elegant and refined, and its façade reveals the characteristic Gaudiesque curve with whic ...