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Exhibition "Gaudí & trencadís"

Torre Bellesguard (Barcelona, 1900-1909). Stone, Cladding and Natural Resources

Glass

Painted glass stuck to the mortar was used to create colours. This experiment caused the pieces to come off easily, so Gaudí avoided using this system again.

Reproduction

Glass

Painted glass stuck to the mortar was used to create colours. This experiment caused the pieces to come off easily, so Gaudí avoided using this system again.

Reproduction

Torre Bellesguard is an isolated house with a garden commissioned by Maria Sagués, widow of Jaume Figueras, built above the former Palace of the Catalan king Martí l’Humà. The great novelty of the work is the experimentation with natural stone coating over the façades and the tower’s glass cladding, drawing the four bars of the Catalan shield. The garden features mosaic and trencadís benches, made by Gaudi’s collaborator, Domènec Sugrañes (1878-1938).

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