Casa
Mila, Barcelona, Spain
Architect
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Antoni Gaudi & Josep Maria Jujol |
Date
Built
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1906 - 1912
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Location
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92, Passeig de
Gràcia |
Description
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Casa Mila was commissioned by Pere
Mila i Camps and his wife Roser Segimon i
Artells. However, while it became Casa
Mila, it is known locally as La Pedrera which
means stone quarry because people felt that
its facade resembled an open quarry. The
Barcelona Turisme website describes the
building's facade as, "sinuous and with
forms drawn from nature,"
adding that, "...it comprises two
apartment blocks connected by interior
courtyards and with a shared façade. Gaudí
designed the building at the age of 54,
when he was at the height of his powers,
and it was his last piece of civil
architecture which represented a break
with the ways of perceiving architecture
at the time."
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