The Casa Batlló by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona.

Casa Batlló by Antoni Gaudí

Casa Batlló is a residential and commercial building at 43 Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona's Eixample district, Spain, which Antoni Gaudí rebuilt from the ground up between 1904 and 1906 for the textile industrialist Josep Batlló i Casanovas with the help of other architects and craftsmen. The building shell interprets the legend of St. George, patron saint of the Catalans, in a formal and colorful way. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In addition to the façade, the furniture from the Batlló collection, which is still available in its original form at TAGWERC, is particularly noteworthy in this context.

Furniture from Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló is one of Gaudí's most famous works. The house on Passeig de Gràcia was built in 1877 and extensively remodeled from 1904 to 1906 under the design and direction of Antoni Gaudí. It is considered one of his masterpieces and is characterized by its bizarre shapes and use of color. TAGWERC offers the pieces of furniture designed by Gaudí for the Batlló House: the Batlló chair, the Batlló bench, the Batlló door handle, the Batlló knob and the Batlló coat hook. Furniture and home accessories were also designed by Gaudí as part of a holistic architectural project in which the architect also designed the interiors. They are still made in the same artisanal manner today and are unique design objects in the style of Modernisme, the Catalan Art Nouveau.

Gaudí's holistic building

Gaudí's buildings have been preserved to this day and almost all of them can be visited, because it is not just their façades that are worth seeing: Antoni Gaudí was known for not just designing and decorating the building shell like an ordinary architect - Gaudí's unique architecture also included the design of the interior spaces and interiors such as furniture and home accessories. The best examples are his buildings Casa Calvet and Casa Batlló, whose unique furnishings are still available today from TAGWERC, the specialist for design classics. Most of the furniture and home accessories that are still made by hand today are undoubtedly from these two buildings. They bring the spirit of Gaudí and Barcelona to life within your own four walls.

Organic shapes and opulent colors

Gaudí had his own unique and distinctive style, which was inspired by nature as well as Catalan culture and folklore and was clearly out of the conventional box. He often used organic shapes and colors reminiscent of nature and incorporated them into his designs in a unique and artistic way. He combined traditional techniques and materials such as brick, ceramics and wood. When creating the building, Josep Batlló i Casanovas gave his architect complete creative freedom and assumed that the existing house, which - like all the other houses - had no electricity, would be demolished and a completely new house built.

Turning old into new

Thanks to Gaudí's boldness and ingenuity, he completely redesigned the existing house, moved walls, changed floor plans, added service shafts and supply lines, extended the house to the inner courtyard and added a converted attic and a roof terrace. Gaudí based his entire work on the legend of St. George, a knight on horseback who fights and defeats a dragon. The roof of Casa Batlló symbolizes the dragon's back and scaled armour, while the cross on a chimney represents the lance of St. George, who is called Sant Jordi in Barcelona. The ceiling of the attic is reminiscent of the ribs of a giant animal inside which you seem to be. On the second floor of the building there is an organically shaped gallery that is supposed to represent the dragon's mouth.

A pioneer in many respects

Of course, Gaudí could not manage the extensive renovation all by himself and employed other architects, craftsmen and artisans to realize his ideas. In addition, Gaudí had many things in his head that were not shown on any plans, as they broke with the classical ideas of architecture. As a result, Gaudí had to painstakingly explain to his colleagues again and again how he envisioned the work and how it should be carried out. Even back then, he recycled rubble and waste from other construction sites, such as broken tiles, from which he created a unique mosaic and, from today's perspective, can certainly be described as a pioneer in many respects

Casa Batlló in the best of company

Casa Batlló is embedded in a series of residential and commercial buildings of approximately the same height, all of which were built as part of an architectural competition: Casa Amatller by architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Casa Lleó Morera by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Casa Mulleras by Enric Sagnier) and Casa Josefina Bonet by Marcel-li Coquillat.

Imaginative façades - unique design language

Gaudí's works such as Casa Batlló are special - there is no doubt about that. Whether it's the exterior or the interior, Gaudí's imaginative design and unique design vocabulary made him internationally famous and still attracts everyone's attention today. Buildings such as the Batlló House certainly play a large part in the fact that tourists literally flock to Barcelona. With around 27 million visitors, the capital of Catalonia is the most popular city in Spain. For many tourists, a visit to Gaudí's buildings is an absolute must, as they are representative of 'Modernisme', the art movement at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century - also commonly referred to as Catalan Art Nouveau.

UNESCO World Heritage Site

It is therefore not surprising that 'Works by Antoni Gaudí' is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain, which includes a total of seven sites. In addition to Park Güell and the Palau Güell of the same name, the houses Casa Vicens, Casa Milà and Casa Batlló are also listed as World Heritage Sites. Not forgetting the crypt in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, the crypt of the Sagrada Familia and the façade of the Sagrada Familia. If you are visiting Barcelona, you should definitely book your tickets online in advance to avoid additional waiting times. At TAGWERC, Antoni Gaudí's interior designs from the Batlló House live on to this day and can even be conveniently ordered online at TAGWERC Design STORE .


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  • project
    Casa Batlló, Barcelona
  • Realization in
    1904 - 1906
  • Architect & Designer
    Antoni Gaudí
  • Address
    Pg. de Gràcia, 43, 08007 Barcelona, Spain

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Design objects from Casa Batlló at TAGWERC Design STORE.

Accessories

    Mirror

      coatstands

        Sofas

          Benches & chairs

          armchair & Lounge Chairs

            mobile storage

              Candles

                lights

                  Architect and Designer of the Casa Batlló in Barcelona.

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