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The Plaça d'Urquinaona is one of the principal squares in central Barcelona. It is officially part of Dreta de l'Eixample neighbourhood. The Eixample is characterized by long straight streets, a strict grid pattern crossed by wide avenues, and square blocks with chamfered corners. This was a visionary, pioneering design by Ildefons Cerdà, who considered traffic and transport along with sunlight and ventilation in coming up with his characteristic octagonal blocks, where the streets broaden at every intersection making for greater visibility, better ventilation and (today) some short-term parking areas.
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Valentina, from Colombia, business student in Barcelona. She didn't hesitate to take some photos and she cooperated wonderfully. Capture: Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample, Barcelona.
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The Eixample is characterized by long straight streets, a strict grid pattern crossed by wide avenues, and square blocks with chamfered corners (named illes in Catalan, manzanas in Spanish).This was a visionary, pioneering design by Ildefons Cerdà, who considered traffic and transport along with sunlight and ventilation in coming up with his characteristic octagonal blocks, where the streets broaden at every intersection making for greater visibility, better ventilation and (today) some short-stay parking space. The grid pattern remains as a hallmark of Barcelona, but many of his other provisions were ignored: the four sides of the blocks and the inner space were built instead of the planned two or three sides around a garden; the streets were narrower; only one of the two diagonal avenues was carried out; the inhabitants were of a higher class than the mixed composition dreamed of by Cerdà.[2] The important needs of the inhabitants were incorporated into his plan, which called for markets, schools, hospitals every so many blocks. Today, most of the markets remain open in the spots they have been from the beginning.
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Crucifixion statue at the basilica of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
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Terrades House/House of the spikes (1905), Barcelona. Architect: Puig i Cadafalch (1867-1956).
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The Casa de les Punxes or Casa Terradas is a building designed by the modernist architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Located in the intersection between the streets of Rosselló, Bruc and the Avinguda Diagonal in the Barcelona Eixample area.
Designed by modernist architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, la Casa de les Punxes is located in the intersection of the three surrounding streets Avinguda Diagonal, Carrer Rosselló and Carrer Bruc, in the Eixample of Barcelona.
In 1905, Bartomeu Terradas Brutau commissioned Josep Puig i Cadafalch to design a house for each of his three sisters, Angela, Josefa and Rosa. The result was a building reminiscent of old medieval castles, with elements of different architectural trends and various technical innovations, with six pointed towers (crowned by conical spikes), one of its distinctive features which gave the popular name of Casa de les Punxes.
This spectacular building is one of the most emblematic of Barcelona, as well as being key to understanding the movement of Catalan Modernism. Declared a historical monument of National Interest in 1976, Casa de les Punxes is one of the most emblematic buildings in Barcelona. It is now privately owned, with space for different offices.
La Casa de les Punxes, also known as Casa Terradas, underwent rehabilitation work in 2016 inside one of the buildings. These renovations were executed under the guidance of architect Jaume Falguera.
It has always been a tourist attraction thanks to its façade and its location among other tourist spots of the city such as La Pedrera or La Sagrada Familia.
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La casa de les Punxes o casa Terradas és un edifici de Barcelona dissenyat per l'arquitecte modernista Josep Puig i Cadafalch, gran coneixedor del gòtic europeu, tornà a usar el llenguatge medievalitzant, revisat amb motius populars, que fa que superi el caràcter purament historicista que altrament podria tenir l’edifici. L'edifici es troba entre els carrers de Rosselló, Bruc i l'avinguda Diagonal a l'Eixample de Barcelona. Va ser declarat Bé Cultural d'Interès Nacional el 9 de gener del 1976.
La casa Terrades, anomenada popularment la casa de les "Punxes", per la seva estructura visible, forma una illa de cases irregular, entre l'avinguda de la Diagonal i els carrers del Rosselló, de Llúria i del Bruc.
Es tracta de tres edificis que formen un volum unitari, amb celoberts trapezials, ordenadors de l'interior. Exteriorment, és format per sis façanes articulades als angles per sis torres cilíndriques acabades en cuculles, el més gran amb una llanterna.
Tret de la planta baixa, on pràcticament s'usà només la pedra, la resta de l'edifici és de maó vist, amb detalls escultòrics de pedra -tribunes, emmarcaments de balcons, pinacles, sanefes decoratives-, cuculles de ceràmica vidriada i teulada de teula àrab. Hi destaquen també alguns treballs de forja i plafons de ceràmica de colors a la part superior d'alguns sectors de les façanes.
Les obertures de la planta baixa, un seguit d'arcs de mig punt, formen una galeria seguida, interrumpuda en escasses ocasions per uns petits cossos -de maó vist-, sobre els quals sobresurten tres nivells superposats de tribunes.
La importància de la planta noble es fa palesa especialment a la façana de la Diagonal, on apareixen balcons -amb barana i altres de forja-, les obertures de les quals reprodueixen models propis, no ja del gòtic sinó del renaixement. La resta d'obertures combinen la llinda, els arcs rebaixats i els arcs de mig punt. L'acabament de la torre principal és resolt amb barbacanes.
El coronament de les façanes, amb les teulades a dues vessants, no es tradueix, però, a l'interior, cobert per un terrat pla. Les torres angulars amb sengles cuculles contribueixen a donar-li l'aspecte de castell nòrdic.
A la casa Terrades, Puig i Cadafalch, gran coneixedor del gòtic europeu, torna a usar un llenguatge medievalitzant juntament amb motius populars que fan que superi el caràcter purament historicista que altrament podria tenir l’edifici.