Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain

Related people
Angela Beer (was created by)
Antoni Gaudí (architect)
Date
1905-7
Description
There are no straight edges or corners; even the walls are rounded. Casa Batllo reflects an intense yet abstract naturalism. "Gaudi decorated the ventilation stacks and chimney pots with fragments of tiles." p. 173. Keywords: Spain, residential structures, housing, mosaic, chimneys.
Style/Period
1900s (1900 - 1909)
Art Nouveau
Expressionist
Material
ceramic tile
Source
Zerbst, R. (1991). Gaud?, 1852-1926 : Antoni Gaud? i Cornet : a life devoted to architecture. Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag. p. 175.