|
Lluís Domènech i Montaner - Catalan architecht |
|
|
Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a renowned Catalan architect, who lived from 12th December 1850 to 27th December 1923 in Barcelona.
Although not as well known internationally as fellow Catalan architecht, Antoni Gaudi, Lluís Domènech i Montaner was highly influential on Modernist architecture and Art Nouveau in Barcelona and Catalonia. He was also a noted historian, humanist and politician.
He designed many famous buildings, most notably, the Hospital de Sant Pau (1901-1912) and Palau de la Música Catalana (1905-1908 in Barcelona, which have been collectively designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
The Barcelona Universal Exhibition in 1888 on the site of the current Parc de la Ciutadella, gave him an opportunity to construct many notable buildings, some of which still stand to this day, like the Cafè-Restaurant del Parc de la Ciutadella (1887-1888), which was known as the Castell dels Tres Dragons and is now the Museum of Zoology.
For the Universal Exhibition he also built the spectacular Gran Hotel Internacional in just 53 days, but this was torn down afterwards.
Other works of Lluís Domènech i Montaner in Barcelona include:
The Editorial Montaner i Simón building. (1879-1885) on Carrer d'Aragó 255, now home to the Tapies Foundation and usually open to the public, but not in 2009 as it is undergoing renovation. This was originally built as a publishing house and it was Domènech’s first major project in Barcelona. The commission for this work came from his cousin, Ramon Montaner, who also commissioned him to build his private residence in Barcelona, Palau Montaner (1889-1893) whch is on the street Roger de Llúria 101.
Casa Thomas (1895-1898) on Mallorca, 291-293
Casa Lamadrid (1902),
Casa Lleó i Morera (1903-1905) on the famous “Mansana de la discòrdia” Block of Discord - on Passeig de Gràcia, Not open to the public.
Casa Fuster (1908-1911) Now the Hotel Casa Fuster on Paseo de Gracia 132
Montaner also designed a number of buildings in the coastal town of Canet de Mar, just north of Barcelona which include the Ateneu Catalanista (1885-1887) and Casa Roure (1889-1892), in Reus, south of Barcelona, including the Institut Pere Mata (1897-1919), Casa Rull (1900), now the Town Hall, and Casa Navàs (1901-1907),
On the island of Mallorca he designed the famous Gran Hotel (1901-1903) in Palma de Majorca.
 Click here to find a list of all modernist buildings in Barcelona on the ruta modernista website
|
