Casa Mila, Barcelona Architecture, Gaudi Building, Photo, Architect, Design, Date
Casa Mila Barcelona - La Pedrera : Gaudi Architecture
La Pedrera : Guide to this famous Barcelona Building, Spain
Casa Mila - The Quarry

La Pedrera photos © Adrian Welch
Casa Milà - La Pedrera
Passeig de Gracia, Eixample, Barcelona
1905-10
Design: Antoni Gaudí, Architect

La Pedrera photos © Adrian Welch
Casa Mila is a beautiful sculptural building that expresses pure tectonic delight and unlike Sagrada Familia (also by Antoni Gaudi) its architecture is simpler and less specific, therefore in many ways more sophisticated.
Older photos of 'The Quarry':

La Pedrera photos © Adrian Welch
Gaudi has taken stone and moulded it like lava, achieving pure drama.
Photos of this Antoni Gaudi building:

La Pedrera photographs © Adrian Welch
More Casa Mila images available upon request: photos 1280x1024 pixels, 72dpi
The five finalist architects for Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 will present their selected projects to the public in a series of special lectures on 22 Apr 2009 at La Pedrera
Sister building to Casa Battlo just to north:
Casa Batlo / Casa Batlló
Passeig de Gracia, Eixample, Barcelona
1906
Antoni Gaudi, Architect

La Pedrera image © adrian welch
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Antoni Gaudi building close by
Calvet House / Casa Calvet
Eixample, Barcelona
1899
Antoni Gaudi, Architect

picture © adrian welch
Image of typical Gaudi roof sculpture at Casa Mila from 1991:

La Pedrera pictures © Isabelle Lomholt
Casa Mila architect : Antoni Gaudi
Barcelona Pavilion
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Antoni Gaudi Buildings in Barcelona:
UNESCO added four Barcelona buildings by architect Antoni Gaudi to its list
of World Heritage sites: the Nativity Façade and crypt of the Sagrada Familia,
Casa Batllo, the crypt of Colonia Güell and Casa Vicens.
Other Barcelona buildings by Antoni Gaudi - Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa
Mila - have been listed since 1984.
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Casa Mila Barcelona - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
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