The facade of Casa Rocamora features a series of distinct pointed arches and a brickwork pattern that draws heavily from the Moorish revival style. Manuel Joaquim Raspall designed this residence in nineteen seventeen for the collector…
Passeig de Gràcia Modernisme Walk
We'll stroll up Barcelona's grandest boulevard to admire the residential masterpieces of Antoni Gaudí and his fiercest rivals, seeing how a booming Catalan bourgeoisie fueled one of the most flamboyant architectural movements in European history.
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1. Casa Rocamora
2. Casa Lleó Morera
The facade of Casa Lleó Morera blooms with stone flowers and intricate carvings that seem to grow right out of the building. Lluís Domènech i Montaner designed this residence in nineteen oh two, blending sculpted sandstone with stained…
3. Casa Mulleras
Casa Mulleras features an undulating stone facade that seems to ripple like fabric against the street. Enric Sagnier redesigned this house in nineteen ten, transforming a modest older residence into an elegant display of the bourgeois…
4. Casa Amatller
The stepped gable of Casa Amatller rises above the street like a jagged, toasted cracker. While its neighbors in the Block of Discord lean into swirling stone, this house favors flat, geometric precision and ceramic tiles patterned in…
5. Casa Batlló
The facade of Casa Batlló resembles a creature from a dream, covered in shards of blue, green, and ochre ceramic tiles that shimmer like scales. Antoni Gaudí rebuilt this house in nineteen oh four for Josep Batlló, a textile magnate who…
6. Museu Tàpies
The Museu Tàpies is crowned by a tangled, seven-meter-high wire sculpture titled Cloud and Chair. Designed by the artist Antoni Tàpies, this mass of aluminum and stainless steel sits atop a former publishing house built in eighteen…
7. La Pedrera - Casa Milà
The undulating facade of Casa Mila looks like a stone cliff face carved by the sea, distinct from every straight-lined apartment block in Barcelona. Architect Antoni Gaudi designed this building for a wealthy developer named Pere Mila, who…
8. Casa Ramon Casas
The facade of Casa Ramon Casas features a distinct stone balcony on the main floor, carved with intricate floral motifs and the likenesses of the artist Ramon Casas and his architect, Antoni Rovira i Rabassa. Casas commissioned this…
9. Hotel Casa Fuster
The white marble facade of Hotel Casa Fuster curves sharply toward the intersection of Passeig de Gràcia and Carrer de Gran de Gràcia. Architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner built this house in nineteen eleven as a wedding gift for the wife…