GUELL, XAVIER
Table of contents:
Introduction
Works built in Barcelona
Vicens House. 1883-1888
Gatehouse buildings for the Güell estate. 1884-1887
Güell Palace. 1886-1889
Teresian convent school. 1888-1890
Calvet House. 1898-1904
Bellesguard House. 1900-1905
Park Güell. 1900-1914
Wall and gate for the Miralles estate. 1901-1902
Batlló House. 1904-1906
Milà i Camps House, La Pedrera. 1906-1910
Sagrada Familia schoolrooms. 1883-1926
The Sagrada Familia. 1883-1926
Crypt for Colonia Güell. 1898-1908-1915
Works built outside Barcelona
El Capricho, Comillas. 1883-1885
Episcopal Palace, Astorga. 1887-1893
Fernández Andrés House (Los Botines), León. 1891-1894
Restoration work on Palma Cathedral. 1903-1914
A new edition in a more manageable pocket-sized format, with new colour photos and updated practical information, of the guide to the work of Antoni Gaudí published by Gustavo Gili in 1990. This guide offers an exhaustive tour of the buildings the architect created in Barcelona, without forgetting (in a final appendix) those he built in Castille, Cantabria and the Balearic Islands. The description of each building is highly detailed and provides ample documentation, both architectural (ground plans, cross-sections and elevations) and photographic, with views of the interiors and details like ironwork, furniture and mosaics, which illustrate the idea of the "total work of art" typical of his oeuvre.
Antoni Gaudí was an all-round architect whose works were personal and unique, as well as being highly distinctive. Since his death he has greatly influenced other architects, both in Catalonia and beyond. This is the only currently available guide to Gaudí's architecture. It provides a thorough tour of the architect's buildings in Barcelona, and also includes a final appendix dealing with his works in Castille, Cantabria and the Balearic Islands. There is a detailed description of each building, with architectural information (ground plans, cross-sections and elevations) and photographs (views of the interiors and the details like the ironwork, furniture and mosaics that Gaudí produced for his works, in keeping with his idea of the 'total work of art').
