A look at the complete works of Antoni Gaudí
Amid Barcelona’s Gothic and contemporary architecture, a bevy of buildings stand out for their unusual style—they are the masterpieces by hometown architect Antoni Gaudí. Born in 1852, Gaudí designed some of the city’s most iconic landmarks—from the towering (and as of yet still incomplete) Sagrada Familia cathedral to the whimsical Parc Güell, not to mention a number of residences, all of which are among the most visited attractions in Barcelona today. For these works, Gaudí developed his own visual language as part of the Catalan Modernista movement that riffed on elements of Art Nouveau, drawing inspiration from nature and complicated geometry to create abstracted, undulating forms. The architect is the subject of the new book Gaudí: The Complete Works by Rainer Zerbst, which dives into not only his famous buildings but also his forays into furniture and interior design, as well as his unfinished projects. Here, we take a peek inside its pages.