Gaudí in 1878, by Pau Audouard 25 June 1852| Reus, Catalonia,
Spain |Died||10 June 1926 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
|Buildings||Sagrada Família, Casa Milà, |Projects||Park Güell,
Colònia Güell| Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Catalan pronunciation:
[ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Spanish
architect born in Catalonia and figurehead of Catalan Modernism.
Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive
style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of
Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família. Much of
Gaudí's work was marked by his big passions in life:
architecture, nature, religion. Gaudí studied every detail of
his creations, integrating into his architecture a series of
crafts in which he was skilled: ceramics, stained glass, wrought
ironwork forging and carpentry. He introduced new techniques in
the treatment of materials, such as trencadís, made of waste
ceramic pieces. After a few years under the influence of neo-
Gothic art and Oriental techniques, Gaudí bec