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Casa
Milà Barcelona - La Pedrera
1906
to 1910
Antoni Gaudí
Barcelona, Spain
 
Casa Milà Barcelona - La
Pedrera
Copyright Mary Ann Sullivan
Digital Imaging Project
The final secular
design of the Spanish surrealist Antoni Gaudí, Casa Milà Barcelona is an apartment
building with a fanciful aura. Wavy walls made of rough-chipped stone suggest
fossilized ocean waves, while doors and windows look like they are dug out of
sand. A comical array of chimney stacks dances across the roof.
This unique building
is widely but unofficially known as La Pedrera (the Quarry). In 1984, UNESCO
classified Casa Milà as a World Heritage site, and it is today used for cultural
expositions.
Life and Works of Antoni Gaudí
Architecture in Spain
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