Antoni Gaudí
Objects of Desire review – surreal lobster phones and a seaside sleazorama
A lamp in the form of a life-size horse, a chair made of soft toys, a lips settee begging to be bonked on – this delightful orgy of bad taste highlights perverse surrealist design from Dalí to today
Jonathan Jones
11, Oct, 2022 @11:01 PM
Huge star atop Sagrada Família rekindles residents’ complaints
Locals in Barcelona accuse religious foundation in charge of Gaudí‘s masterpiece of highhandedness
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
29, Nov, 2021 @12:52 PM
'Now there is nobody': living in a tourist attraction under lockdown
Ana Viladomiu lives in La Pedrera, Gaudí’s modernist masterpiece, and is used to thousands of visitors a day
Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
13, Apr, 2020 @4:00 AM
Soaring arches, broken tiles: why Gaudí’s style was perfect for Senegal
Experts from Barcelona combined local techniques and materials with the tradition of the Catalan master to build new school
Stephen Burgen
27, Nov, 2019 @9:00 AM
Gaudí opening to lead Barcelona’s tourism comeback
The first house designed by the iconic architect – exuberant Casa Vicens in the beleaguered city’s Gràcia district – opens to the public later this month. ‘This could be a moment of peace,’ says its manager
Steve Tallantyre
03, Nov, 2017 @1:35 PM
Gaudí’s partner in iconic Barcelona design finally gets the limelight
Josep Maria Jujol’s contribution to Gaudí’s Barcelona masterpieces, and those he created himself in Catalonia, have been overlooked. A new documentary seeks to give him the recognition he deserves
Stephen Burgen
09, Sep, 2016 @5:30 AM
The 10 best concrete buildings
From the astonishing Pantheon to a Chilean cliff-top villa, here are some of the world’s best concrete structures
Rowan Moore
08, Jan, 2016 @12:00 PM
Not so Familia: visit Antoni Gaudí’s first project – just outside Barcelona
The Nau Gaudí, 30km from Barcelona, was the first building designed by the great Catalan architect, when he was just 26. Today its elegant interior showcases contemporary art
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
25, Nov, 2015 @11:49 AM
Barcelona's Sagrada Família: Gaudí's 'cathedral for the poor' – a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 49
Giles Fraser arrived in Barcelona not expecting to like Antoni Gaudí’s monumental creation – derided by George Orwell as ‘one of the most hideous buildings in the world’. But then he went inside ...
Giles Fraser in Barcelona
03, Jun, 2015 @6:30 AM
Chile set to build Antoni Gaudí’s first completed project outside Spain
Our Lady of the Angels chapel, based on sketches completed in 1915 by the architect, to be built in Rancagua
Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
16, Jan, 2015 @1:02 PM
The top 10 skyscrapers in art
From Warhol's eight-hour epic Empire to Gaudí's plans for his own Hotel Attraction, the high-rise has loomed large in the artistic imagination, writes Jonathan Jones
Jonathan Jones
30, Jul, 2014 @12:16 PM
Top 10 free things to do in Barcelona
From Gaudí and Picasso to street parties and outdoor movies, we pick the best attractions and local haunts to help you enjoy Barcelona for free
Marta Bausells
17, Jun, 2014 @5:00 AM
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