CasaMila (La Pedrera) is regarded as Antoni Gaudi’s most iconic work of civic architecture due its constructional and functional innovations, as well as its ornamental and decorative solutions, which broke with the architectural styles of his day. For Gaudi, La Pedrera represented the most advanced approach to a building on a chamfered street corner in
Justbeyond the western edge of El Raval, this glorious iron-and-brick market was originally completed in 1882, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. Barcelona. The spectacular neobaroque silhouette of the Palau Nacional can be
CasaBatlló adopts the Art Noveau style in vogue in Barcelona and the world at that time. But it’s an extreme curvilinear version. Nonetheless, it was an instant hit, unlike La Pedrera. With 8 other buildings in Barcelona, it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Casa Batlló is privately managed and funded by Casa Batlló S.L.U. EnThe Art of the Brick podrás disfrutar, tanto niños como adultos de más de 1.900 m² de obras de arte hechas con más de cientos de miles de piezas de LEGO®. Portuguesearchitect Álvaro Siza has built a red brick theatre in Llinars del Vallès, a village outside Barcelona (+ slideshow). The Pritkzer Prize-winning architect worked with local studio Aresta Arquitectura on the Public Auditorium in Llinars del Vallès, which was commissioned as part of a public investment in cultural facilities for the region.