From the towering Sagrada Fam\u00edlia to the shimmering, textured facade of Casa Batll\u00f3 and the enchanting landscape of Park G\u00fcell, it\u2019s easy to see why Antoni Gaud\u00ed (1852\u20131926) gained the epithet \u201cGod\u2019s architect\u201d. With fluid forms and mathematical precision, his work extols the wonder of natural creation: columns soar like tree trunks, window frames curve like flowering branches, and ceramic tiling shimmers like scaly, reptilian skin.<\/p>\n
With this outstanding attention to natural detail, his inspirations from both neo-Gothic and Orientalist aesthetics, and a lifelong commitment to Catalan identity, Gaud\u00ed created a unique brand of the Modernista movement which transformed, and defines, Barcelona\u2019s cityscape.<\/p>\n
With seven of Gaud\u00ed\u2019s projects listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, this book introduces the architect\u2019s extraordinary vision and unique legacy, exploring the influences and the details which allow his buildings to impress, inspire, and amaze, one century after their construction.<\/p>\n
Maria Antonietta Crippa is currently professor \u201cstraordinario\u201d of History of Architecture at the Politecnico University in Milan, at the DiAP (Department of Architecture and Planning of the School of Architecture). Since the early 1980s, she has published widely on architecture and town planning.<\/p>\n
Peter G\u00f6ssel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. For TASCHEN he published monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner and Richard Neutra as well as several architecture titles in the Basic Art Series.<\/p>\n
Each book in TASCHEN\u2019s Basic Architecture series features:
\n– an introduction to the life and work of the architect
\n– the major works in chronological order
\n– information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
\n– a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
\n– approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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