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Joaquim Lloret i Homs (1890 – 1988) was a Spanish architect and builder whose most important work was the Barraquer Ophthalmology Center in Barcelona.
Lloret I Homs created the Barraquer
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Lloret I Homs created the Barraquer Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
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Center in Barcelona. A member of the GATCPAC
GATEPAC (Grupo de Artistas y Técnicos Españoles Para la Arquitectura Contemporánea) was a group of architects assembled during the Second Spanish Republic. Its most important members were: Josep Lluís Sert, Antoni Bonet Castellana, Josep ...
he was nevertheless more influenced by the European style of the 1930s, the ideas of Bauhaus
The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 200 ...
. Inaugurated in 1941 it is also well known for its spiral staircase.
His earlier work was in the style of modernism and included summer residences in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres
Sant Andreu de Llavaneres () is a municipality located 36 km north of Barcelona (Catalonia) (Spain), along the Mediterranean coast, between Mataró and Sant Vicenç de Montalt. It belongs to the Maresme comarca and the Barcelona province. The ...
He is the architect of several emblematic palaces in the neighborhood of Sarria-Gervasi, Barcelona, like the Torre de San Fernando, 1920 built for Emilio Heydrich Emilio Heydrich Martínez (Cuba 1861 – Barcelona 1947), was a German-Cuban merchant, entrepreneur and landowner, son of Fernando Heydrich Klein and María-Candelaria Martínez y Valdés. Heydrich was married to Antonia Cubero y Casals and their da ...
at the Calle Iradier 9, which since 1960 hosts the police station of the Mossos de Escuadra.La Quinta de San Isidro, 1920, is another impressive private palace, owned by Isidro Pons de Pascual, which was converted into the Cruz Blanca Clinical Center.
Apartment houses in the post-war style are the Rancho Grande, 1944 or his buildings at Josep Bernard Street. Most of his buildings are currently under official protection.
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