Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a renowned Catalan architect who lived from 12th December 1850 to 27th December 1923 in Barcelona.

Although not as well known internationally as fellow Catalan architecht Gaudi, Lluís Domènech i Montaner was highly influential on Modernist architecture and Art Nouveau in Barcelona and Catalonia. He was also a noted historian, humanist and politician. He designed many famous buildings, most notably perhaps, the Hospital de Sant Pau (built 1901-1912) and Palau de la Música Catalana (built 1905-1908) in Barcelona, which were collectively designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

The Barcelona Universal Exhibition in 1888 on the site of the park Parc de la Ciutadella, gave Domènech i Montaner an opportunity to construct many noteworthy buildings, some of which still stand to this day, including the Cafè-Restaurant del Parc de la Ciutadella (built 1887-1888), which was known as the "Castell dels Tres Dragons" and is now one of Barcelona's science museums Museum of Zoology. For the Universal Exhibition he also built the spectacular Gran Hotel Internacional in just 53 days, but this was torn down afterwards.

Other works of Lluís Domènech i Montaner in Barcelona:

  Editorial Montaner i Simón building. (Built 1879-1885)
Located on Carrer d'Aragó 255, now home to the Tapies Foundation. This was originally built for a publishing company. It was Domènech’s first major project in Barcelona and is considered to be the first modernist buidling in Barcelona. The commission for this work came from his cousin, Ramon Montaner, who also asked him to build his private residence in Barcelona,  called Palau Montaner (1889-1893) whch is on the street Roger de Llúria 101.
  Casa Thomas (built 1895-1898) on Mallorca, 291-293
  Casa Lamadrid (built 1902) on Carrer de Girona, 113
  Casa Lleó i Morera (built 1903-1905) on the famous “Manzana de la discòrdia” city "Block of Discord" - on Passeig de Gràcia
  Casa Fuster (built 1908-1911) Renovation of old chocolate factory. Now home to Hotel Casa Fuster on Paseo de Gracia 132

Montaner also designed a number of buildings in the coastal town of Canet de Mar just north of Barcelona which include the Ateneu Catalanista (1885-1887) and Casa Roure (1889-1892) In the town of Reus, south of Barcelona, he designed the Institut Pere Mata (1897-1919), Casa Rull (1900) now the Town Hall, and Casa Navàs (1901-1907). On the island of Mallorca he designed the famous Gran Hotel (1901-1903) in Palma de Majorca.

  List of modernist buildings  in Barcelona