La Sagrada Familia, Parc Güell, La Casa Milà… the works of Antoni Gaudí are known for their atypical style. Discover our archives dedicated to the great figure of Catalan architecture.
Report about Gaudí, a Barcelona sculptor, who is also the architect of the "sagrada familia". The year 2002 is dedicated to him on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth. Comment on images of several of his works, images of his workshop, and interview with the Commissioner General of the International Year GAUDI. [Source: Prompter France 2] On the other side of the Pyrenees, Barcelona celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of GAUDI... A year dedicated to the Catalan architect, marked by twenty exhibitions and commemorations... But behind the exuberant Gaudí is a "gifted technician"... Here are some of his secrets. Report in Barcelona, Diego GARCIA, Jean-paul CHAUSSé
Visit of the Park Güell, built at the beginning of the 20th century by Antoni GAUDI, in the company of Luis GUEILBURT, director of the Gaudí Chair at the Polytechnic of Catalonia.
Caroline MATHIEU, chief curator at the Musée d'Orsay, evokes the characteristics of the Catalan architect Antoni GAUDI, found in the houses he built in Barcelona.
Salvador DALI tells an anecdote from his meeting with LE CORBUSIER during which he considered that the architecture of the future should be "edible", like that of the "genius" Antonio GAUDI.
In Barcelona, the construction of the Sagrada Familia was accelerated by the organisation of the 1992 Olympic Games. The project remains faithful to the models imagined by the architect Antoni Gaudí. Interview with Jordi Bonet I Armengol, architect coordinator of the works, which describes the unique style of the unfinished cathedral.
The Cathedral of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, project taken over by Antoni Gaudí is built in hangars. The stonecutters apply the rules of construction of the Middle Ages to the mad project of the architect. A Catalan narrator punctuates the report of his comments.