Josep Puig i Cadafalch

(1867–1956) katalanska arkitekt

Josep Puig i Cadafalch (Spain, 1867–1956) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Josep Puig i Cadafalch belongs to the chapter ‘Industrialisation’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Josep Puig i Cadafalch was born in Mataró and died in Barcelona. Josep Puig i Cadafalch trained at ETSEIB, University of Madrid, and Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona. Josep Puig i Cadafalch worked in Barcelona and Mataró. Wikidata associates Josep Puig i Cadafalch with Catalan modernism. Josep Puig i Cadafalch became a member of Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, Secció Històrico-Arqueològica de l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans, and Medieval Academy of America. The awards include Premi Martorell, honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg, Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, and doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris.

The best-known works include ‘Casa Amatller’, ‘Casa de les Punxes’, ‘Casaramona’, and ‘The Four Columns’. The catalogue has 18 buildings by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. The dated buildings span the years 1890–2011. The buildings are in places such as Dreta de l'Eixample, Montjuïc, Gothic Quarter, La Font de la Guatlla, and Andorra la Vella. They are in 2 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Josep Puig i Cadafalch belong to the styles ‘Functionalism’, ‘Art Nouveau’, ‘Historicism’, and ‘Romanesque’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Margaret Macdonald, Baillie Scott, Mary Taylor Brush, Margaret Armstrong, and Frank Lloyd Wright.