Spain, Barcelona: an architects' dream
A short visit to the dream of Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) and some others

Barcelone 1
The city, seen from Park Güell. In the distance, the sea ...

Barcelone 2
What architect did not dream of building a city?

Barcelone 3
These buildings are not from Gaudi, but he could have dreamed of them

Barcelone 4
With these geometric shapes, these curves

Barcelone 5
And these balconies ...

Barcelone 6
Or these waves!

Barrio Gotico 1
Influenced by the Catalan thirteenth century

Barrio Gotico 2
Gaudi inspired these bronze doors

Barrio Gotico 3
As he was inspired by these monuments

Barrio Gotico 4
An austere architecture

Barrio Gotico 5
And yet luminous!

Cathédrale
No, it's not the Sagrada Familia, but ...

Barrio Gotico 6
I think I saw a cat-tap! (Titi)

Barrio Gotico 7
The water jets are not only in the Alhambra

Barrio Gotico 8
This master bootmaker had fine talking weapons

Barrio Gotico 9
And Gothic art blends well with nature.

Battlo 1
All is only curves, at Gaudi

Battlo 2
If the neighboring house is neo-Gothic,

Battlo 3
Gaudi stands out clearly

Battlo 4
By curves and colors

Battlo 5
Where all the arts combine: glassware, ironwork,

Battlo 6
Ceramic, of course

Battlo 7
And even carpentry.

Battlo 8
Without forgetting the play of reflections

Battlo 9
And the skylight staircase

Battlo 10
Under the roof, parables in abyme: a climax!

Battlo 11
And above, the chimneys: ceramic sprites!

Musica 1
In Barcelona, music has its palace, not from Gaudi, but from Domènech i Montaner

Musica 2
Curves play with light

Musica 4
And the dome opens its corolla

Musica 5
In this shadow theater

Musica 6
Suspended in the void, as if by magic!

Pedrera 1
Another place of legend, the Casa Milà

Pedrera 2
All from stones and curves

Pedrera 3
On his roof, another piece is played:

Pedrera 4
Behind its arcades,

Pedrera 5
His soldiers stand guard

Pedrera 6
Against imaginary enemies.

Pedrera 7
Below, a vault of bricks and parabolas!

Sagrada 1
Under construction for more than a century,

Sagrada 2
The Sagrada Familia and its cranes

Sagrada 3
ost-Gothic masterpiece still unfinished.

Güell 1
But it is the park Güell, on the heights

Güell 2
Who delights us most: his trees of stone, their volutes,

Güell 3
Supports faience towers

Güell 4
And a doll house stands there,

Güell 5
In front of the mysterious cave

Güell 6
Carrying the Chessboard of Life

Güell 7
Where lies the monster that haunts our nights

Güell 8
It is he who keeps the Tree of Life

Güell 9
And access to Paradise:

Güell 10
The doll house of our childhood ...