Enric Sagnier
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Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia (ənˈrig səŋniˈe) (Barcelona
, 1858–1931) was a Catalan
architect of Spanish nationality.
Although now not as well known as his contemporaries Antoni Gaudí
, Lluís Domènech i Montaner
and Josep Puig i Cadafalch
, he was responsible for a number of landmark buildings, was very prolific, and could turn his hand to many styles, including neo-Gothic
, neo-Baroque and Modernista
. He qualified as an architect in 1882, and one of his earliest works, together with Josep Domènech i Estapà
, was the Palau de Justícia in Barcelona.
Other well-known buildings by him in Barcelona are the Caixa de Pensions
building in the Via Laietana
, the New Customs House (Duana) and the church on the Tibidabo
.
, and Clementina Villavecchia Busquets. His father was an outstanding Classics scholar, who translated Xenophon and Anacreon, and the young Enric was a talented painter and violinist. He studied at the Barcelona Higher School of Architecture, from which he graduated in 1882.
He began his professional career as an assistant to Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano
: under his instructions he carried out his first work, the refurbishment of the chapel of Sant Josep in the church of Santa Maria de Montserrat
abbey (1884). His first important work was the church of Santa Engràcia de Montcada
(1886), in neo-Gothic style; it was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War
. His first apartment building, the Casa Cuyàs, was built the same year.
He enjoyed considerable professional success from the beginning, receiving many commissions from the Church
and the Catalan aristocracy. In 1886, while still in his twenties, he was commissioned, together with Josep Domènech i Estapà
, to design Barcelona’s new Law Courts. Construction of this enormous project began the following year, and that same year Sagnier married Dolors Vidal-Ribas i Torrents. The couple had six children, of whom two died young and one, Josep Maria, also became an architect.
Enric Sagnier was a calm, devout man, who devoted his whole life to his career, and received many honours, such as the Barcelona City Council’s Gold Medal for having won a prize in the Council’s architecture competition three years running (1917). He was a member of the Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi and the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc
, a society of Catholic artists, for which he designed the emblem. He also became a member of the Museums Board and a member of the board of the Caixa d’Estalvis de Barcelona. He was occasionally involved in politics, serving as Provincial
Deputy on two occasions, representing a Catholic group allied to the Lliga Regionalista
, the Centre de Defensa Social. He maintained close links with the Church, particularly the Salesians
; he was appointed Diocesan architect of Barcelona, and in 1923 the Pope
created him a Marquis. In his later years he worked with his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal. He died in Barcelona in 1931.
, monumental and grandiose; from 1900 to 1910 he turned to softer decorative forms in his architecture, adopting a Modernista
style; and after 1910 he veered towards Neoclassicism
, shunning the architectural trends of the moment.
.
During the last decade of the century, Sagnier devoted himself mainly to houses: Casa Juncadella, at Rambla Catalunya number 33 (1888–1891), notable for its ornamental sculpture and wrought iron; the Pons houses, at Passeig de Gràcia 2 and 4 (1890), in neo-Gothic style, flanked by two pointed towers; the Tomàs Roger house, at Ausiàs Marc 37-39 (1892–1894), combines Classical elements with sculptures alluding to the Plateresque
style.
In the field of religious architecture, Sagnier received several commissions from the Salesians, such as the sanctuary of Santa Maria Auxiliadora (1889–1901), made up of a choir with room for 300 people and a three-aisled nave
; for inspiration, Sagnier had turned to the mother house of the Salesians in Turin
. Between 1892 and 1897 he designed the Jesús-Maria school, in Passeig de Sant Gervasi, neo-Gothic in style, and between 1892 and 1894, the college of the Sacred heart of Jesus, at the corner of Diputació and Bailén, over a prior construction by Josep Vilaseca
. In the Clot district he built the Centro de Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Pedro Claver (1899–1903), a complex housing schools and training workshops for young workers, which was destroyed in 1936.
In 1893 he built the Frontón Barcelonés, at Carrer Diputació 415, the first facility in Barcelona for playing Basque pelota; it was open to the sky, and the spectators sat in a three-storey iron structure, decorated with stuccos; this building disappeared in 1902. Between 1896 and 1902, with Pere Garcia Fària, he built the New Customs House in the port of Barcelona, a typical example of his eclectic style.
At the turn of the 20th century, Sagnier drew closer to the Modernista
forms that were then becoming the fashion, particularly in the use of the applied arts, the proliferation of sculpture and ironwork; however, the use of decorative stained glass, wall tiles and scratchwork
, so characteristic of Modernisme, are much less evident in Sagnier’s work of this period.
One of the first of his works that could be described as Modernista was the Garriga house, at Diputació 250 (1899–1901), with its elegant use of sculpture, landscapes in stained glass by A. Rigalt and the brackets that support the main balcony by Eusebi Arnau. The Juncadella house, at Rambla Catalunya 26 (1900–1901), includes many innovations by Sagnier such as trefoil openings, Baroque
finials and the concentration of decoration in horizontal bands. The Carulla house, in Mallorca 214 (1900), was notable for its facade crowned by an allegory of painting, in Rococo style. In this period Sagnier also worked in the field of funerary architecture for the Catalan aristocracy, such as the hypogeum
of the Olivella family (1909) or the Juncadella family tomb (1910), with its twin volumes flanking an obelisk
.
In 1903 Sagnier became architect to the Benedictine
abbey of Montserrat
, taking over from his former mentor Villar y Lozano. He was responsible for a number of works there, all of which have now disappeared: the chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament; a sumptuous marble altar with gilded metalwork; the Second Mystery of the Rosary, with a sculptural group by Agapit Vallmitjana i Abarca; and the sculptural group of the Stations of the Cross
(1904–16), on the hillside of Montserrat, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, made up of fourteen Stations in a vaguely Gaudiesque
style: roughly-hewn surfaces, naturalistic pinnacles, etc. It was perhaps because of this link with the Benedictine order that he received a commission to design a school in Perth (Australia), where there was a mission, New Nursia, under the aegis of a Catalan abbot, Fulgenci Torres Mayans; there he was responsible for the church and Saint Gertrude school (1904–1906), in neo-Gothic style.
Also from this period, although not at all Modernista in style, is what is undoubtedly Sagnier's most important religious work, the Templo Expiatorio del Sagrado Corazón
, on the Tibidabo
in Barcelona, work on which began in 1902 and went on until 1961, continued after Enric Sagnier’s death by his son Josep Maria. This work was fruit of the patronage of Dorotea de Chopitea, who along with other promoters donated land to Saint John Bosco during his visit to Barcelona in 1886, for the construction of a church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, after the one built in Rome by Bosco himself (Sacro Cuore di Gesù
), as well as the famous Sacré-Cœur in Paris. The foundation stone was laid on 28 December 1902 in a ceremony led by the bishop of Barcelona, Salvador Casañas i Pagès.
The basilica is made up of a crypt
below and the upper church, with a central dome supported on eight columns. The crypt, with a Byzantine
air, was built between 1902 and 1911, and the upper church between 1915 and 1951, although the exterior was not finished until 1961. The neo-Romanesque
style of the crypt culminates in the Gothic verticals of the upper church, topped by the image of the Sacred Heart
. The original statue was by Frederic Marès, but this was destroyed in 1936 and replaced with the existing one by Josep Miret in 1950. The exterior of the church is more stylistically contained than is the case of the flamboyant Gothic of Sagnier’s early projects.
Another of Sagnier’s works on the Tibidabo from this period is the mansion for the banker Manuel Arnús (1902), which occupies a highly prominent site on a spur of the hillside and is visible from many parts of the city. Sagnier used Montjuïc
stone as well as scratchwork and tiles; the carved stone decoration is naturalist in style, similar to that used in the nearby church of the Sagrat Cor. The towers and trefoil openings give it a mediaeval air, while the gallery is reminiscent of the traditional Catalan farmhouse, the masia.
Other works from this period are the Mulleras house, at Gran Via 654 (1903–1905), in neo-Rococo style, and “La Pompeia”, a church and monastery for the Capuchin
order (1907–1915) at Diagonal
, 450, so called because it is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii. It draws inspiration from Catalan Gothic architecture in features such as the roof of the church, made up of beams supported on diaphragm arches, similar to those of the Santa Àgata chapel in the mediaeval royal palace in the Gothic Quarter
, and the style of the tower in the west end, reminiscent of those of Santa Maria del Mar
.
; it was demolished in 1957. In 1912 he began to build the French Chapel in Carrer Bruc, with a crypt divided into three aisles and an upper church in neo-Romanesque style, finished in 1927 probably by his son Josep Maria. Also in 1912 he built the palatial residence of the marquis of Alella, on the corner of the streets of Muntaner and Marià Cubí, a group of buildings in a style influenced by Plateresque
, with paintings by Josep Maria Sert.
Between 1916 and 1936 Sagnier designed a complex of buildings for the Provincial Board for the Protection of Children and Suppression of Begging, which were completed by Josep Maria Sagnier. These occupied a whole city block in the Bogatell district, an ambitious facility divided into pavilions with a frontage on several streets, with courtyards in the centre. Most of the complex was demolished in 1970, leaving only the pavilion currently used to house the Wad-Ras prison.
Perhaps Sagnier’s most important work from this period is the headquarters building for the Caixa de Pensions de Barcelona savings bank, in Via Laietana (1914–1917). As originally conceived there were to be offices on the ground floor and apartments for rent on the upper floors, in order to generate income from the investment. The main facade, dominated by the tower and giving onto the corner of Via Laietana and what was then the Plaça de Bilbao has the principal entrance doors on the ground floor, and above them the grand windows of the boardroom and the senior management offices, while entry to the rental apartments was from the frontages on the side-streets. The structure of the building employs reinforced concrete—a pioneering material at the time—with an external stone cladding. The original banking hall was richly decorated with paintings and marbles and was lit from above by a skylight.
The Caixa soon outgrew these premises, and in 1920 they commissioned Sagnier to build an annex around the corner in Carrer Jonqueres. He was also responsible for several branch offices for the Caixa, in Igualada
(1922), Sabadell
(1923), Manresa
(1924) and Tarragona
(1929).
During the First World War, boom years in Spain as a result of its neutrality, Sagnier received many commissions: between 1915 and 1926 he executed the basilica of Sant Josep Oriol, in Carrer Diputació. Stylistically, this church breaks with the contemporary fashion for Mediaevalism—neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque—adopting instead the form of a Roman basilica with aisles separated by arcades, a pattern subsequently often used in the post-Civil War period. In 1915 he designed a project to lay out the Miramar area of Montjuïc
, but in the end it was not used. In this time he also received two commissions for buildings in the Plaça de Catalunya: the reconstruction of the Hotel Colón (1916), which no longer exists, but in which he replaced the earlier Modernista building with one of Classical style; and the Banca Arnús building (1918–1927), now the Banco Central Hispanoamericano, also in a Classical style.
From about 1920, Sagnier worked less: notable amongst his late works is the Patronato Ribas, an orphanage in Vall d’Hebron 93-103 (1920–1930); it is an ingeniously-structured complex of buildings, arranged symmetrically round the axis of the chapel in H-shaped blocks; the decoration harks back to Baroque populism, notably the terracota reliefs inspired in Catalan tradition. The buildings now house a secondary school (IES Vall d’Hebron).
Sagnier was a member of the jury to decide on projects for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition
on Montjuïc, amongst others, the competition for the design of the Central Palace of the Expo—now Palau Nacional and home to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
. As part of the run-up to the Expo, Sagnier was commissioned to restore the Archbishop’s Palace in Barcelona; the work consisted of modifying the interior courtyard, revealing an original Gothic window and Romanesque arcades, and constructing a new staircase. As diocesan architect, was also asked, in conjunction with Bonaventura Bassegoda, to move the choir stalls of Barcelona cathedral
, but this project was never carried out. Being a member of the Provincial Council provincial he also designed the Spanish Provinces pavilion for the 1929 Expo, in Plateresque
Gothic style, with an equestrian statue of Saint George by Josep Llimona. Also, at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
in Seville
he built the pavilion for the Catalan provinces, a building in the shape of the traditional Catalan farmhouse, the masia
.
Castelldefels
Monistrol de Montserrat
Montcada i Reixac
Perth
(Australia)
Sabadell
Sant Pere de Ribes
San Sebastián
Seville
Sitges
Valencia
Vic
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, 1858–1931) was a Catalan
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
architect of Spanish nationality.
Although now not as well known as his contemporaries Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.Much of Gaudí's work was...
, Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish Catalan architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician....
and Josep Puig i Cadafalch
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
Josep Puig i Cadafalch was a Spanish Catalan Modernista architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona...
, he was responsible for a number of landmark buildings, was very prolific, and could turn his hand to many styles, including neo-Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
, neo-Baroque and Modernista
Modernisme
Modernisme was a cultural movement associated with the search for Catalan national identity. It is often understood as an equivalent to a number of fin-de-siècle art movements, such as Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Secessionism, and Liberty style, and was active from roughly 1888 to 1911 Modernisme ...
. He qualified as an architect in 1882, and one of his earliest works, together with Josep Domènech i Estapà
Josep Domènech i Estapà
Josep Domènech i Estapà was a Catalan architect.He graduated in 1881, and became professor of geodesy and descriptive geometry at the University of Barcelona, and member of the Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts , of which he subsequently became president.His works in Barcelona include the church of...
, was the Palau de Justícia in Barcelona.
Other well-known buildings by him in Barcelona are the Caixa de Pensions
La Caixa
La Caixa , formally Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona , is currently Europe’s leading savings bank and Spain's third largest financial institution, with a network of over 5,500 branches, more than 8,100 ATMs, a workforce in excess of 27,000 and more than 10.7 million...
building in the Via Laietana
Via Laietana, Barcelona
Via Laietana is the name of a major thoroughfare in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in the Ciutat Vella district.-Overview:This avenue runs from Plaça Urquinaona to Plaça d'Antonio López, by the seafront, and separates the neighbourhoods of the old city it has on each side: La Ribera/El Born and Sant...
, the New Customs House (Duana) and the church on the Tibidabo
Tibidabo
Tibidabo is a mountain overlooking Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At 512 meters it is the tallest mountain in the Serra de Collserola. Rising sharply to the north-west, it affords spectacular views over the city and the surrounding coastline....
.
Life and character
Enric Sagnier was born in Barcelona on 21 March 1858, the son of Lluís Sagnier i Nadal, president of the Caixa d’Estalvis i Mont de Pietat de BarcelonaLa Caixa
La Caixa , formally Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona , is currently Europe’s leading savings bank and Spain's third largest financial institution, with a network of over 5,500 branches, more than 8,100 ATMs, a workforce in excess of 27,000 and more than 10.7 million...
, and Clementina Villavecchia Busquets. His father was an outstanding Classics scholar, who translated Xenophon and Anacreon, and the young Enric was a talented painter and violinist. He studied at the Barcelona Higher School of Architecture, from which he graduated in 1882.
He began his professional career as an assistant to Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano
Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano
Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano, was a Spanish architect.He studied architecture in Madrid at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, and qualified in 1852. The following year he settled in Barcelona and was elected a member of what is now known as the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de...
: under his instructions he carried out his first work, the refurbishment of the chapel of Sant Josep in the church of Santa Maria de Montserrat
Santa Maria de Montserrat
Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine abbey located on the mountain of Montserrat, in Monistrol de Montserrat, in Catalonia, Spain.It hosts the Virgin of Montserrat, and the Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, a publishing house, one of the oldest presses in the world still running, with...
abbey (1884). His first important work was the church of Santa Engràcia de Montcada
Montcada i Reixac
Montcada i Reixac , often referred to as simply Montcada, is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated at the confluence of the Ripoll river and the Besós river, and very close to the northernmost neighbourhoods of the city of Barcelona and is...
(1886), in neo-Gothic style; it was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. His first apartment building, the Casa Cuyàs, was built the same year.
He enjoyed considerable professional success from the beginning, receiving many commissions from the Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
and the Catalan aristocracy. In 1886, while still in his twenties, he was commissioned, together with Josep Domènech i Estapà
Josep Domènech i Estapà
Josep Domènech i Estapà was a Catalan architect.He graduated in 1881, and became professor of geodesy and descriptive geometry at the University of Barcelona, and member of the Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts , of which he subsequently became president.His works in Barcelona include the church of...
, to design Barcelona’s new Law Courts. Construction of this enormous project began the following year, and that same year Sagnier married Dolors Vidal-Ribas i Torrents. The couple had six children, of whom two died young and one, Josep Maria, also became an architect.
Enric Sagnier was a calm, devout man, who devoted his whole life to his career, and received many honours, such as the Barcelona City Council’s Gold Medal for having won a prize in the Council’s architecture competition three years running (1917). He was a member of the Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi and the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc
Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc
The Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc is an arts society which was founded in Barcelona in 1893 by Joan Llimona, Josep Llimona, Antoni Utrillo, Alexandre de Riquer, the city councillor Alexandre M...
, a society of Catholic artists, for which he designed the emblem. He also became a member of the Museums Board and a member of the board of the Caixa d’Estalvis de Barcelona. He was occasionally involved in politics, serving as Provincial
Provinces of Spain
Spain and its autonomous communities are divided into fifty provinces .In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. província.*Galician , sing. provincia.*Basque |Galicia]] — are not also the capitals of provinces...
Deputy on two occasions, representing a Catholic group allied to the Lliga Regionalista
Regionalist League
Regionalist League was a political party of Catalonia, Spain, that appeared thanks to the triumph of the candidacy of the "four presidents" in 1901...
, the Centre de Defensa Social. He maintained close links with the Church, particularly the Salesians
Salesians of Don Bosco
The Salesians of Don Bosco is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in the late nineteenth century by Saint John Bosco in an attempt, through works of charity, to care for the young and poor children of the industrial revolution...
; he was appointed Diocesan architect of Barcelona, and in 1923 the Pope
Pope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
created him a Marquis. In his later years he worked with his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal. He died in Barcelona in 1931.
Works
Three things are characteristic of Sagnier’s work: he was very prolific; he was always ready to adopt new technologies; and he eschewed a rigidly personal style, preferring to adapt to changing tastes. His career can be divided into three periods: before 1900 his work was eclecticEclecticism
Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases.It can sometimes seem inelegant or...
, monumental and grandiose; from 1900 to 1910 he turned to softer decorative forms in his architecture, adopting a Modernista
Modernisme
Modernisme was a cultural movement associated with the search for Catalan national identity. It is often understood as an equivalent to a number of fin-de-siècle art movements, such as Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Secessionism, and Liberty style, and was active from roughly 1888 to 1911 Modernisme ...
style; and after 1910 he veered towards Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
, shunning the architectural trends of the moment.
Early works
As well as the new church of Montcada i Reixac and the Casa Cuyàs already mentioned, Sagnier’s early works included a project for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888), which was never built; this was the Leo XIII pavilion, which was to have housed the representation of the Papal StatesPapal States
The Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...
.
During the last decade of the century, Sagnier devoted himself mainly to houses: Casa Juncadella, at Rambla Catalunya number 33 (1888–1891), notable for its ornamental sculpture and wrought iron; the Pons houses, at Passeig de Gràcia 2 and 4 (1890), in neo-Gothic style, flanked by two pointed towers; the Tomàs Roger house, at Ausiàs Marc 37-39 (1892–1894), combines Classical elements with sculptures alluding to the Plateresque
Plateresque
Plateresque, meaning "in the manner of a silversmith" , was an artistic movement, especially architectural, traditionally held to be exclusive to Spain and its territories, which appeared between the late Gothic and early Renaissance in the late 15th century, and spread over the next two centuries...
style.
In the field of religious architecture, Sagnier received several commissions from the Salesians, such as the sanctuary of Santa Maria Auxiliadora (1889–1901), made up of a choir with room for 300 people and a three-aisled nave
Nave
In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
; for inspiration, Sagnier had turned to the mother house of the Salesians in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
. Between 1892 and 1897 he designed the Jesús-Maria school, in Passeig de Sant Gervasi, neo-Gothic in style, and between 1892 and 1894, the college of the Sacred heart of Jesus, at the corner of Diputació and Bailén, over a prior construction by Josep Vilaseca
Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas
Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas was a Catalan architect and artist who formed part of the Modernista movement.He studied architecture in Madrid and qualified in 1873. He travelled with Lluís Domènech i Montaner in Germany...
. In the Clot district he built the Centro de Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Pedro Claver (1899–1903), a complex housing schools and training workshops for young workers, which was destroyed in 1936.
In 1893 he built the Frontón Barcelonés, at Carrer Diputació 415, the first facility in Barcelona for playing Basque pelota; it was open to the sky, and the spectators sat in a three-storey iron structure, decorated with stuccos; this building disappeared in 1902. Between 1896 and 1902, with Pere Garcia Fària, he built the New Customs House in the port of Barcelona, a typical example of his eclectic style.
Modernista period
Modernisme
Modernisme was a cultural movement associated with the search for Catalan national identity. It is often understood as an equivalent to a number of fin-de-siècle art movements, such as Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Secessionism, and Liberty style, and was active from roughly 1888 to 1911 Modernisme ...
forms that were then becoming the fashion, particularly in the use of the applied arts, the proliferation of sculpture and ironwork; however, the use of decorative stained glass, wall tiles and scratchwork
Sgraffito
Sgraffito is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to a moistened surface, or in ceramics, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting slip, and then in either case scratching so as to produce an...
, so characteristic of Modernisme, are much less evident in Sagnier’s work of this period.
One of the first of his works that could be described as Modernista was the Garriga house, at Diputació 250 (1899–1901), with its elegant use of sculpture, landscapes in stained glass by A. Rigalt and the brackets that support the main balcony by Eusebi Arnau. The Juncadella house, at Rambla Catalunya 26 (1900–1901), includes many innovations by Sagnier such as trefoil openings, Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
finials and the concentration of decoration in horizontal bands. The Carulla house, in Mallorca 214 (1900), was notable for its facade crowned by an allegory of painting, in Rococo style. In this period Sagnier also worked in the field of funerary architecture for the Catalan aristocracy, such as the hypogeum
Hypogeum
Hypogeum or hypogaeum literally means "underground", from Greek hypo and gaia . It usually refers to an underground, non-Christian temple or a tomb...
of the Olivella family (1909) or the Juncadella family tomb (1910), with its twin volumes flanking an obelisk
Obelisk
An obelisk is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun-disk. A pair of obelisks usually stood in front of a pylon...
.
In 1903 Sagnier became architect to the Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
abbey of Montserrat
Montserrat (mountain)
Montserrat is a multi-peaked mountain located near the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. The main peaks are Sant Jeroni , Montgrós and Miranda de les Agulles...
, taking over from his former mentor Villar y Lozano. He was responsible for a number of works there, all of which have now disappeared: the chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament; a sumptuous marble altar with gilded metalwork; the Second Mystery of the Rosary, with a sculptural group by Agapit Vallmitjana i Abarca; and the sculptural group of the Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross refers to the depiction of the final hours of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion. The tradition as chapel devotion began with St...
(1904–16), on the hillside of Montserrat, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, made up of fourteen Stations in a vaguely Gaudiesque
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.Much of Gaudí's work was...
style: roughly-hewn surfaces, naturalistic pinnacles, etc. It was perhaps because of this link with the Benedictine order that he received a commission to design a school in Perth (Australia), where there was a mission, New Nursia, under the aegis of a Catalan abbot, Fulgenci Torres Mayans; there he was responsible for the church and Saint Gertrude school (1904–1906), in neo-Gothic style.
Also from this period, although not at all Modernista in style, is what is undoubtedly Sagnier's most important religious work, the Templo Expiatorio del Sagrado Corazón
Sagrat Cor
The Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is the work of the Spanish Catalan architect Enric Sagnier and was completed by his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal...
, on the Tibidabo
Tibidabo
Tibidabo is a mountain overlooking Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At 512 meters it is the tallest mountain in the Serra de Collserola. Rising sharply to the north-west, it affords spectacular views over the city and the surrounding coastline....
in Barcelona, work on which began in 1902 and went on until 1961, continued after Enric Sagnier’s death by his son Josep Maria. This work was fruit of the patronage of Dorotea de Chopitea, who along with other promoters donated land to Saint John Bosco during his visit to Barcelona in 1886, for the construction of a church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, after the one built in Rome by Bosco himself (Sacro Cuore di Gesù
Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio
Sacro Cuore di Gesú al Castro Pretorio is a Roman Catholic parish and titular church in Rome, Italy.It was built in 1887 by Francesco Vespignani. Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the church is served by the Salesians. It has an adjoining boarding-school of arts and industries.It was...
), as well as the famous Sacré-Cœur in Paris. The foundation stone was laid on 28 December 1902 in a ceremony led by the bishop of Barcelona, Salvador Casañas i Pagès.
The basilica is made up of a crypt
Crypt
In architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault possibly containing sarcophagi, coffins or relics....
below and the upper church, with a central dome supported on eight columns. The crypt, with a Byzantine
Byzantine
Byzantine usually refers to the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages.Byzantine may also refer to:* A citizen of the Byzantine Empire, or native Greek during the Middle Ages...
air, was built between 1902 and 1911, and the upper church between 1915 and 1951, although the exterior was not finished until 1961. The neo-Romanesque
Romanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...
style of the crypt culminates in the Gothic verticals of the upper church, topped by the image of the Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart is one of the most famous religious devotions to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of His divine love for Humanity....
. The original statue was by Frederic Marès, but this was destroyed in 1936 and replaced with the existing one by Josep Miret in 1950. The exterior of the church is more stylistically contained than is the case of the flamboyant Gothic of Sagnier’s early projects.
Another of Sagnier’s works on the Tibidabo from this period is the mansion for the banker Manuel Arnús (1902), which occupies a highly prominent site on a spur of the hillside and is visible from many parts of the city. Sagnier used Montjuïc
Montjuïc
Montjuïc is a hill located in Barcelona, Catalonia.-Etymology:Montjuïc is translated as 'Jew Hill' in medieval Catalan, or is perhaps related to the Latin phrase Mons Jovicus . The name is found in several locations in the Catalan Countries: the Catalan cities of Girona and Barcelona both have a...
stone as well as scratchwork and tiles; the carved stone decoration is naturalist in style, similar to that used in the nearby church of the Sagrat Cor. The towers and trefoil openings give it a mediaeval air, while the gallery is reminiscent of the traditional Catalan farmhouse, the masia.
Other works from this period are the Mulleras house, at Gran Via 654 (1903–1905), in neo-Rococo style, and “La Pompeia”, a church and monastery for the Capuchin
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :...
order (1907–1915) at Diagonal
Avinguda Diagonal, Barcelona
Avinguda Diagonal is the name of one of Barcelona's broadest and most important avenues. It cuts the city in two, diagonally from west to east , hence the name....
, 450, so called because it is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii. It draws inspiration from Catalan Gothic architecture in features such as the roof of the church, made up of beams supported on diaphragm arches, similar to those of the Santa Àgata chapel in the mediaeval royal palace in the Gothic Quarter
Barri Gòtic
The Gothic Quarter is the centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to Ronda de Sant Pere....
, and the style of the tower in the west end, reminiscent of those of Santa Maria del Mar
Santa Maria del Mar (Barcelona)
This article is about the church in Barcelona. For other uses, see Santa María del Mar .Santa Maria del Mar is an imposing church in the Ribera district of Barcelona, Spain, built between 1329 and 1383 at the height of Catalonia's maritime and mercantile preeminence...
.
Mature period
In the following years, Sagnier entered a period of less intense professional activity, and received ample official recognition. He gradually abandoned Modernisme, adopting a personal, eclectic Classical style. In 1911 he won the competition to design the Real Club Marítimo in Barcelona (built between 1911 and 1913), an octagonal building roofed by a dome and topped by a sort of lighthouseLighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
; it was demolished in 1957. In 1912 he began to build the French Chapel in Carrer Bruc, with a crypt divided into three aisles and an upper church in neo-Romanesque style, finished in 1927 probably by his son Josep Maria. Also in 1912 he built the palatial residence of the marquis of Alella, on the corner of the streets of Muntaner and Marià Cubí, a group of buildings in a style influenced by Plateresque
Plateresque
Plateresque, meaning "in the manner of a silversmith" , was an artistic movement, especially architectural, traditionally held to be exclusive to Spain and its territories, which appeared between the late Gothic and early Renaissance in the late 15th century, and spread over the next two centuries...
, with paintings by Josep Maria Sert.
Between 1916 and 1936 Sagnier designed a complex of buildings for the Provincial Board for the Protection of Children and Suppression of Begging, which were completed by Josep Maria Sagnier. These occupied a whole city block in the Bogatell district, an ambitious facility divided into pavilions with a frontage on several streets, with courtyards in the centre. Most of the complex was demolished in 1970, leaving only the pavilion currently used to house the Wad-Ras prison.
The Caixa soon outgrew these premises, and in 1920 they commissioned Sagnier to build an annex around the corner in Carrer Jonqueres. He was also responsible for several branch offices for the Caixa, in Igualada
Igualada
Igualada is a municipality of the province of Barcelona in Catalonia . It is located on the left bank of the Anoia river, and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona railway. Igualada is the capital and central market of the Anoia comarca, a rich agricultural and wine-producing...
(1922), Sabadell
Sabadell
Sabadell is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona...
(1923), Manresa
Manresa
Manresa is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographic centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are arranged around the basilica of Santa María de la Seo....
(1924) and Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
(1929).
During the First World War, boom years in Spain as a result of its neutrality, Sagnier received many commissions: between 1915 and 1926 he executed the basilica of Sant Josep Oriol, in Carrer Diputació. Stylistically, this church breaks with the contemporary fashion for Mediaevalism—neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque—adopting instead the form of a Roman basilica with aisles separated by arcades, a pattern subsequently often used in the post-Civil War period. In 1915 he designed a project to lay out the Miramar area of Montjuïc
Montjuïc
Montjuïc is a hill located in Barcelona, Catalonia.-Etymology:Montjuïc is translated as 'Jew Hill' in medieval Catalan, or is perhaps related to the Latin phrase Mons Jovicus . The name is found in several locations in the Catalan Countries: the Catalan cities of Girona and Barcelona both have a...
, but in the end it was not used. In this time he also received two commissions for buildings in the Plaça de Catalunya: the reconstruction of the Hotel Colón (1916), which no longer exists, but in which he replaced the earlier Modernista building with one of Classical style; and the Banca Arnús building (1918–1927), now the Banco Central Hispanoamericano, also in a Classical style.
From about 1920, Sagnier worked less: notable amongst his late works is the Patronato Ribas, an orphanage in Vall d’Hebron 93-103 (1920–1930); it is an ingeniously-structured complex of buildings, arranged symmetrically round the axis of the chapel in H-shaped blocks; the decoration harks back to Baroque populism, notably the terracota reliefs inspired in Catalan tradition. The buildings now house a secondary school (IES Vall d’Hebron).
Sagnier was a member of the jury to decide on projects for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition
1929 Barcelona International Exposition
The 1929 Barcelona International Exposition took place from 20 May 1929 to 15 January 1930 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain...
on Montjuïc, amongst others, the competition for the design of the Central Palace of the Expo—now Palau Nacional and home to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is housed in the Palau Nacional, built for the 1929 World's Fair...
. As part of the run-up to the Expo, Sagnier was commissioned to restore the Archbishop’s Palace in Barcelona; the work consisted of modifying the interior courtyard, revealing an original Gothic window and Romanesque arcades, and constructing a new staircase. As diocesan architect, was also asked, in conjunction with Bonaventura Bassegoda, to move the choir stalls of Barcelona cathedral
Cathedral of Santa Eulalia
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia , also known as Barcelona Cathedral, is the Gothic cathedral and seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain. The cathedral was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries, with the principal work done in the 14th century. The cloister, which...
, but this project was never carried out. Being a member of the Provincial Council provincial he also designed the Spanish Provinces pavilion for the 1929 Expo, in Plateresque
Plateresque
Plateresque, meaning "in the manner of a silversmith" , was an artistic movement, especially architectural, traditionally held to be exclusive to Spain and its territories, which appeared between the late Gothic and early Renaissance in the late 15th century, and spread over the next two centuries...
Gothic style, with an equestrian statue of Saint George by Josep Llimona. Also, at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
The Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 was a world's fair held in Seville, Spain, from the 9th of May 1929 until the 21st of June 1930. Countries in attendance of the exposition included: Portugal, The United States, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, the Republic of Colombia, Cuba,...
in Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
he built the pavilion for the Catalan provinces, a building in the shape of the traditional Catalan farmhouse, the masia
Mas (Provencal Farmhouse)
A mas is a traditional farmhouse in the Provence region of France as well as in Catalonia, where is also named masia or masía ....
.
List of principal works
BarcelonaBarcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition | |
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| 1887–1911 | Palau de Justícia de Barcelona | Passeig Lluís Companys | Building to house Barcelona’s law courts, in collaboration with Josep Domènech i Estapà Josep Domènech i Estapà Josep Domènech i Estapà was a Catalan architect.He graduated in 1881, and became professor of geodesy and descriptive geometry at the University of Barcelona, and member of the Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts , of which he subsequently became president.His works in Barcelona include the church of... . |
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| 1888–1890 | Casa Antoni Roger Vidal | C/ Ausiàs Marc, 33-35/Girona, 20 | House for Antoni Roger Vidal, in an eclectic style. In front of it, the facade of the Casa Burés, by Francesc Berenguer i Mestres Francesc Berenguer i Mestres Francesc Berenguer i Mestres was a Catalan Modernista architect, and an assistant and friend of Antoni Gaudí.He worked with several architectural workshops... , was adapted to respect the aesthetics of this building. |
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| 1888–1891 | Casa Rodolf Juncadella | Rambla Catalunya, 33 | House for Rodolf Juncadella. A notable feature is the carving and wrought-ironwork by Pere Carbonell. | Good | |
| 1890–1891 | Cases Pons | Passeig de Gràcia, 2 i 4 | Houses for Alexandre Pons Serra and Isidra Pons de Pascual, neo-Gothic in style, with decoration by Alexandre de Riquer Alexandre de Riquer Alexandre de Riquer i Ynglada, 7th Count of Casa Dávalos , was a versatile artist intellectual and Catalan Spanish designer, illustrator, painter, engraver, writer and poet. He was one of the leading figures of Modernism in Catalonia.He belonged to an aristocratic family, the Counts of Casa Dávalos... . |
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| 1892–1897 | Jesús-Maria school | Passeig de Sant Gervasi, 15 | Commissioned by the Salesian order, neo-Gothic in style. | Good | |
| 1893 | Frontó Barceloní | C/ Diputació, 415 | Facility for playing Basque pelota. | No longer exists | |
| 1896–1902 | Customs house in the Port de Barcelona | Passeig Josep Carner, 29 | New customs house, built in collaboration with Pere Garcia i Fària. | Good | |
| 1899–1901 | Casa Garriga Nogués | C/ Diputació, 250 | House for Rupert Garriga, with stained-glass windows by Antoni Rigalt and carvings by Eusebi Arnau. Since 2008 it has housed the Museu Fundació Francisco Gòdia. | Excellent | |
| 1902–1904 | House for Manuel Arnús, known as “El Pinar” | Plaça del Doctor Andreu (Tibidabo) | House for Manuel Arnús, neo-Gothic in style, with allusions to Catalan rural architecture. | Good | |
| 1902–1961 | Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor Sagrat Cor The Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is the work of the Spanish Catalan architect Enric Sagnier and was completed by his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal... |
Tibidabo Tibidabo Tibidabo is a mountain overlooking Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At 512 meters it is the tallest mountain in the Serra de Collserola. Rising sharply to the north-west, it affords spectacular views over the city and the surrounding coastline.... |
Church promoted by Dorotea de Chopitea, who along with others, donated the land to Don John Bosco John Bosco John Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods... during his visit to Barcelona in 1886, with the intention of raising a church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
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| 1904 | Triumphal arch in honour of Alfonso XIII | Passeig de Gràcia | , marquis of Comillas. | No longer exists | |
| 1905 | Quinta Regina | C/ Plantada 1-5 | House in its own grounds in the Sant Gervasi district, historicist in style, with Nordic influence, commissioned by Francesc Vidal Solares. | Fair | |
| 1907–1915 | “Pompeia” church and convent | Av. Diagonal, 450 | Church and convent for the Capuchins Order of Friars Minor Capuchin The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :... , inspired by Catalan Gothic architecture. |
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| 1910–1911 | Casa Ramon Mulleras | Passeig de Gràcia, 37 | House forming part of the so-called Illa de la Discòrdia Illa de la Discòrdia The Illa de la Discòrdia , is a block on Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample District of Barcelona, Spain. The block is noted for having buildings by four of Barcelona's most important Modernista architects, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Antoni Gaudí, Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Enric Sagnier, in close... , or “Block of disharmony”, because it contains several contrasting buildings by famous modernista architects: the Casa Lleó Morera Casa Lleó Morera The Casa Lleó Morera is a building designed by noted modernisme architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, located at Passeig de Gràcia 35 in the Eixample district of Barcelona. The building is located on the corner of Carrer del Consell de Cent, and is one of the three important buildings of... by Lluís Domènech i Montaner Lluís Domènech i Montaner Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish Catalan architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician.... , the Casa Amatller Casa Amatller Casa Amatller is a building in the Modernisme style in Barcelona, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Along with Casa Batlló and Casa Lleó-Morera, it makes up the three most important buildings in Barcelona's famous Illa de la Discòrdia , noted for its unique modernist buildings.The building was... by Josep Puig i Cadafalch Josep Puig i Cadafalch Josep Puig i Cadafalch was a Spanish Catalan Modernista architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona... and the Casa Batlló Casa Batlló Casa Batlló is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904–1906; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia , part of the Illa de la Discòrdia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain... by Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.Much of Gaudí's work was... . |
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| 1911 | Casa Doctor Genové | la Rambla, 77 | Building on a narrow plot to accommodate the owner’s pharmacy and laboratory. Notable features are the central opening with a Tudor arch to give more light to the main room, and the carving of Esculapius at the entrance. The mosaics are by Lluís Brú i Salelles. | Good | |
| 1911–1913 | Reial Club Marítim de Barcelona | Port of Barcelona | Octagonal building roofed with a dome and toped by a sort of lighthouse. | Demolished in 1957 | |
| 1914–1917 | Head office for the Caixa de Pensions de Barcelona | Via Laietana, 56-58 | Originally conceived to be used for offices on the ground floor and apartments for rent on the upper floors, in order to generate income from the investment. | Good | |
| 1915–1916 | Casa Salvador Andreu | Av. Tibidabo, 21 | Noucentista building conceived as a summer residence within the residential estate promoted by Doctor Andreu. | Excellent | |
| 1915–1926 | Basílica de Sant Josep Oriol | C/ Diputació, 141 | Commissioned by Magdalena Modolell, in the expectation of the imminent canonization of the Blessed Josep Oriol. | Good | |
| 1916 | Hotel Colón | Plaça de Catalunya | Replaced an earlier modernista building with one in a Classical style. | No longer exists | |
| 1916–1936 | Junta Provincial de Protecció a la Infància i Repressió de la Mendicitat | Bogatell | Complex of buildings for a charitable institution. | Mostly demolished in 1970]], leaving only the pavilion housing the Wad-Ras women’s prison. | |
| 1918 | Casa de J. Pujol | Psg. Bonanova, 64 | Modernista detached house, one of the few examples remaining in this street of buildings from this period. | Good | |
| 1918–1927 | Banca Arnús | Plaça de Catalunya | A building in Classical style that now houses the Banco Central Hispanoamericano. | Good | |
| 1920–1930 | Patronat Ribas | Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron, 93-103 | Orphanage built with a bequest by Lluís Ribas i Regordosa, now a secondary school. | Good | |
| 1929 | Palau de les Diputacions | Av. Marquès de Comillas/Montanyans | Pavilion for the Provincial authorities at the 1929 International Exposition on Montjuïc. | No longer exists | |
Castelldefels
Castelldefels
Castelldefels is a town in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain and part of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 63.151 .-Geography and location:...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903–1909 | Parish church of Santa Maria | Plaça de l'Església | Built to substitute the original Romanesque church. | Good |
Monistrol de Montserrat
Monistrol de Montserrat
Monistrol de Montserrat is a municipality in the comarca of the Bages inCatalonia, Spain. The municipality includes the southern two-thirds of the massif of Montserratand the famous Benedictine monastery of the same name...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904–1916 | Via Crucis de Montserrat | Montserrat | Series of 14 sculptural groups on the Passion of Christ, with carving by Eusebi Arnau. | Destroyed in 1936 | |
Montcada i Reixac
Montcada i Reixac
Montcada i Reixac , often referred to as simply Montcada, is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated at the confluence of the Ripoll river and the Besós river, and very close to the northernmost neighbourhoods of the city of Barcelona and is...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888–1928 | Church of Santa Engràcia | C/ Major | Neo-Gothic church. | Destroyed in 1936 | |
Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
(Australia)
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904–1906 | Church and school of Santa Gertrudis | Nova Núrsia | Church and school for the Benedictine mission of Nova Núrsia, led by a Catalan abbot, Fulgenci Torres i Mayans. | Good | |
Sabadell
Sabadell
Sabadell is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910–1921 | Parish church of Sant Feliu | Plaça de Sant Roc | Church to replace the one destroyed in 1909 during the Semana Trágica. | Good |
Sant Pere de Ribes
Sant Pere de Ribes
Sant Pere de Ribes is a town in the center of the Garraf comarca , in Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. It boasts the remains of a 12th century castle once ruled by the troubadour Guillem de Ribes.-Culture:Main holidays include:...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Finca Mas Solers | Carretera BV, 2112 | Former farmhouse converted into a mansion. | Good |
San Sebastián
San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Torres de Arbide | Parque Miramón | Towers in a neo-Gothic style echoing the mediaeval castle. | Good |
Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Pavilion of the Catalan provinces | Parque María Luisa | Pavilion of the Catalan provinces at the Ibero-American Exposition in Seville in 1929. | No longer exists |
Sitges
Sitges
*Church of Sant Bartolomeu i Santa Tecla . It houses two Gothic sepulchres , belonging to the an older church located on the same site...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Casa Isabel Ferret | C/Ribera, 29 | Detached house for Isabel Ferret. | Good | |
Valencia
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903–1905 | Houses in Carrer de la Pau | C/ de la Pau, 21-23 GSV |
Houses in collaboration with Francesc Mora Berenguer. | Good |
| 1928 | Caja de Previsión Social | Av. Marquès de Sotelo, 8 | Imposing monumental building, in collaboration with Enrique Viedma. | Good |
Vic
Vic
Vic is the capital of the comarca of Osona, in the Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain. Vic's location, only 69 km far from Barcelona and 60 km from Girona, has made it one of the most important towns in central Catalonia.-History:...
| Year | Name | Location | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Fàbrica Torra | C/Bisbe Morgades, 15 | Sausage factory. | Good |
External links
- Enric Sagnier Biography of Enric Sagnier