October 2021 Casa Vicens Casa Vicens was designed as a summer home, so looking at the airflow, windows, and screens is a part of understanding the design. In 1883, Manel Vicens i Montaner, a stock and currency broker hired Gaudi to design this summer garden home in what was, at the time, the former village … Read more
October 2021 Casa Battló When Antoni Gaudi graduated from Architecture school Elies Rogent, the Director of Barcelona Architecture School, apparently said: “We have given this academic title either to a fool or a genius. Time will show.” When walking the streets of Barcelona there is almost no other architectural style that overwhelms you as much … Read more
October 2021 What do you say about any Gaudi building in Barcelona? They have been photographed, published, visited, and shown on TV, ad nauseam. But what would be posts about Barcelona without Gaudi. Let us begin with his two most well known projects. La Sagrada Familia – Basilica of the Holy Family To begin with, … Read more