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Chronology of Antoni Gaudí 1879 to 1890

1879

Street lamps for public lighting I Barcelona

First official work of Barcelona City Council.


 

1878

Glass display case for the Esteve Comella I Barcelona glove shop.

Project for an iron and glass display case for this glove shop on Carrer d'Avinyó.


 

1878

Design of furniture for the chapel of the Marquises of Comillas I Comillas (Santander)

Furniture project for the chapel of the López family near the palace of Sobrellano, in Comillas (Santander).

 

1879

Gibert I Pharmacy Barcelona

Construction and decoration project for Joan Gibert i Soler's pharmacy on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona.


1881

Gaudí Warehouse in Mataró

Elaboration of the general plan of the fabric factory La Obrera Mataronense, the first workers' co-operative society in Spain.


 

1883-1888

Casa Vicens I

First residential house commissioned by Manuel Vicens. It was designed as a summer house with a garden, in which geometric forms and rich ornamentation, inspired by the surrounding vegetation, are present both on the outside of the house and in the different interior spaces.


 

1883-1885

«El Capricho» I Barri de Sobrellano, s/n, Comillas (Cantabria)

At the same time that Casa Vicens was being built, Gaudí received the commission for this summer villa for the Indian Máximo Díaz de Quijano, brother-in-law of Antonio López, Marquis of Comillas (Eusebi Güell's son-in-law).


 

1883-1926

Basilica of the Sagrada Família I Carrer de Mallorca, 401, Barcelona


Gaudí took over the direction of this work from a neo-Gothic plan that had already been built by Francisco de Paula del Villar, with whom he had begun to collaborate while studying at the school of architecture. During the almost forty years he worked there, until his death, he designed the apse and façade of the Nativity, delimited the perimeter and crowned one of the bells, Sant Bernabé. The design of the building takes Gaudí's geometric and structural proposals to their final consequences.



 

1884-1887

Pavellons de la Finca Güell I Avinguda de Pedralbes, 7, Barcelona

This is Gaudí's first work for his great patron, Eusebi Güell: two pavilions leading to the estate he owned in the north of Barcelona, for the porter's house and the cavaliers with picador. Gaudí designed the structure of the pavilions from volutes and parabolic arches, using the totxo as the basic building material with rich Arabesque decoration.


 

1886-1890

Palau Güell I Carrer Nou de la Rambla, 3-5, Barcelona

On the eve of the International Exhibition of 1888, Eusebi Güell commissioned Gaudí to build his family residence, which was also to serve as a reception area. The building consists of six levels, arranged in a functional and different way on each floor, which revolve around a large central hall, covered by an exceptional parabolic dome that allows natural light to enter.





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