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Antoni Gaudí i Cornet [3] (/ ɡ aʊ ˈ d i / gow-DEE, / ˈ ɡ aʊ d i / GOW-dee, Catalan: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; [4] 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect and designer, known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. [5] Gaudí's works have a sui generis style. Most are located in Barcelona, including his main work ...
[1] After five years of work and schooling, Gaudi qualified as an architect in 1878. As Elies Rogent signed Gaudí's degree he declared, "Qui sap si hem donat el diploma a un boig o a un geni. El temps ens ho dirà." ("Who knows if we have given this diploma to a nut or to a genius. Time will tell.") Gaudi immediately began to plan and design.
It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was added to an existing (1984) UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Works of Antoni Gaudí". [5] On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica ...
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was born on June 25, 1852, in Catalonia, Spain. [2] As a child, Gaudí's health was poor, suffering from rheumatism. Because of this, he was afforded lengthy periods of time resting at his summer house in Riudoms. Here he spent a large portion of his time outdoors, allowing him to deeply study nature. [3]
El Capricho is a villa in Comillas , Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudí. It was built in 1883–1885 for the summer use of a wealthy client, Máximo Díaz de Quijano, [1] who died a year before the house was completed. Gaudí, who designed only a small number of buildings outside Catalonia, was involved with other projects at Comillas.
Antoni Gaudí and Louis Majorelle die. 1925 – Government House of Thailand, in Bangkok, opened; 1924 – Gerrit Rietveld completes the Schröder House in Utrecht. 1923 – Le Corbusier publishes Vers une architecture (Toward an Architecture), a summary of his ideas. 1922 – Monument to the Third International designed by Vladimir Tatlin ...
June 25 – Antoni Gaudí, Catalan Modernist architect (died 1926) [6] July 4 – E. S. Prior, English Arts and Crafts architect and theorist (died 1932) Deaths.
On 7 June 1926, architect Antoni Gaudí was struck by a passing number 30 tram of Les Tramways de Barcelone and lost consciousness. [6] [7] Assumed to be a beggar, the unconscious Gaudí did not receive immediate aid. Gaudí died on 10 June 1926 at the age of 73 and was buried two days later.