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Interior - Batllo House
Barcelona, Spain  

1887
Remodeled 1904–1906 by
Antoni Gaudi
(Pronounced an TONIO gow DEE on the La Pedrera museum English version Audio Guide)

Style:  Art Nouveau (Modernisme)

Below:

Hallways

Room #1

Room #2

Elevator shaft and skylight

"The undulating rhythms and the organic imagery of these interiors create the feeling that the house lives and breathes. Spiral forms on the walls and ceilings lend a sensation of movement to the spaces. One Gaudí scholar, Philippe Thiébaut, has even suggested that the rooms of the Batlló apartment unfold like a process of cellular growth." - Rachel Grossman (1/2011)

Hallways


































Room #1







Room #2




Ceilings are of plaster in swirling curved forms.






In the center of the building, Gaudí expanded the existing patio and installed a large skylight. Here the architect placed the elevator shaft and stairwell, while incorporating an ingenious scheme to distribute light evenly through the building.























Photos and their arrangement © 2009 Chuck LaChiusa
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