Le Pedrera, Barcelona

Le Pedrera, Barcelona, originally uploaded by andreaban2009.

This is located 3 blocks away from Casa Batllo...still along the Passieg de Gracia. It is built in an assymetrical corner lot and was completed in 1912. It was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1984 and currently is the headquarters of the Fundacio Catalunya-Le Pedrera. It is a modernista building with the exterior having a rough appearance therefore earning the nickname " The Quarry". Le Pedrera is the 4th and final work of Antoni Gaudi along the Passieg de Gracia.It was comissioned by an industrialist named Pere Mila as a family home but with apartments to rent.

Passieg De Gracia was previously known as Cami de Jesus it used to be an unpaved road but as time progressed, it became a sign of expansion of the city linking the Old Barcelona (La Cintat Vella) to the town known as Gracia ( in the North).

Broke Tile Mosaic

Broke Tile Mosaic, originally uploaded by andreaban2009.

Modernism! And I don't mean tweeting and instagram. Three Catalan architects Lluis Domenech I Montaner, Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol made use of mosaics quite a lot in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. They mixed normal cut mosaic with irregular shaped tiles. Some of which looked like it was broken by brute force with little thought for beauty.

The picture above is just such an example by the more famous of the three;Gaudi. This was taken at the terrace at Casa Batllo. Very nice yes?