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Josep Puig i Cadafalch
The Modernista Goth
Along with Gaudí and Domènech i Montaner, Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1857–1956) was one of Barcelona's three great Modernista architects, and certainly the most historically minded of the three. An archaeologist and scholar, Puig was the author of a definitive book on the Catalan Romanesque, and also a successful nationalist politician (and sure enough, nearly all of his buildings are adorned with an iconic St Jordi and dragon).
Puig is best known for his imaginative reinterpretations of Gothic—especially the Casa Amatller, one of the landmarks along the Passeig de Gràcia, and the witch-hatted Casa de les Punxes on the Diagonal. His interiors are if anything more rich than the façades. In the 1920s, he modified his quirky personal style to fit into the prevailing Noucentista currents, and his last buildings, for the 1929 International Exhibition, border on the Baroque.
Image by TijsB