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As an architecture student at the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura, in Barcelona, from 1873 to 1877, Gaudí achieved only mediocre grades, but he did well in his "trial drawings and projects." [1] After five years of work and schooling, Gaudi qualified as an architect in 1878.
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 ...
This type of plan was also to later play a part in the development of church architecture in Western Europe, most notably in Bramante's plan for St Peter's Basilica [3] [11] [better source needed] and Christopher Wren's design for St Paul's Cathedral. Most cathedrals and great churches have a cruciform groundplan.
The apse crypt was completed before Villar's resignation on 18 March 1883, when Antoni Gaudí assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically. [18] Gaudi began work on the church in 1883 but was not appointed Architect Director until 1884. [citation needed] The Cathedral of the Paupers, by Joaquim Mir, 1898
Buildings and structures by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí: Pages in category "Antoni Gaudí buildings" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Art Nouveau temples are churches, chapels, synagogues, and mosques built in the style known as Art Nouveau in French and English languages (also Modern Style or Glasgow style in the latter one), Jugendstil in Germany and Nordic countries, Secessionsstil in countries of former Austro-Hungary, Modernisme in Catalan, Modern in Russian, Stile Liberty or Stile Floreale in Italian.
Casa Milà* [1] was completed [42] by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol in Barcelona: Kallio Church was finished by Lars Sonck in Helsinki: Tolstoy House was finished by Fredrik Lidvall in Saint Petersburg: 1913 The last métro station entrances of Hector Guimard were produced in Paris [43] Episcopal Palace was finished by Antoni Gaudí in ...
Unlike the Southern France, Paris has very few examples of Romanesque architecture; most churches and other buildings in that style were rebuilt in the Gothic style.The most remarkable example of Romanesque architecture in Paris is the church of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, built between 990 and 1160 during the reign of Robert the Pious.