October 17, 2025 9 min read
By Ferran Garcés In almost all the articles we have written from the modernist period, we have talked about El Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc (in catalan, Artistic Circle of Saint Luke) It was inevitable: the time -and the figure of Gaudí- are deeply related to this institution. Its historical…
October 10, 2025 10 min read
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September 11, 2025 8 min read
By Ferran Garcés The Catalan identity of Antoni Gaudí is a key topic for understanding the architect’s work, life, and legacy. However, it is not…
September 5, 2025 4 min read
By Ferran Garcés September is the month of the grape harvest. The regions fill with activities related to viticulture to celebrate the beginning of the…
August 28, 2025 9 min read
By Ferran Garcés The well-known novel by Eduardo Mendoza, The City of Marvels, takes place between 1888 and 1929, the years of the two universal exhibitions…
August 22, 2025 10 min read
By Ferran Garcés Last Friday, we looked at the houses where Gaudí spent his childhood and adolescence (see: Reus and Riudoms). Today we’ll search for…
August 15, 2025 5 min read
By Ferran Garcés Gaudí wrote very little, but when he was still an architecture student, he described his ideal home in a short manuscript (see:…
August 7, 2025 6 min read
By Ferran Garcés On August 10, 1870, that is, exactly one hundred and fifty-five years ago today, a young Gaudí wrote: “Ornamentation, in order to…
August 1, 2025 6 min read
By Ferran Garcés Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, architecture was not only “Modernist.” In parallel, another style developed that is still awaiting…
July 24, 2025 2 min read
2-for-1 for Residents: Experience Culture at Home While the city pulses with summer visitors, we invite you to see Barcelona through a different lens—more intimate,…
July 18, 2025 10 min read
By Ferran Garcés What was happening in the rest of the world while Gaudí was building Torre Bellesguard, between 1900 and 1909? Today we propose…