Casa Navàs

Casa Navàs is a

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building in the city of

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. Casa Navàs is a building designed by Catalan architect

Lluís Domènech i Montaner Lluís Domènech i Montaner (; 21 December 1850 – 27 December 1923) was a Catalan architect who was very much involved in and influential for the Catalan '' Modernisme català'', the Art Nouveau/ Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan pol ...

, located in the city's Plaça del Mercadal. Joaquim Navàs Padró of Reus contracted Lluís Domènech i Muntaner as the architect of his new house. The building was constructed from 1901 to 1908. CasaNavas

The building had a tower on the left facade, but it was destroyed by

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by Nationalist forces during the

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and never rebuilt. Inside the building is a very wide and brightly lit space. Marble works were done by Alfons Juyol i Bach, the paintings by Tomàs Bergadà, the furniture by Gaspar Homar and the ceramics by Hipòlit Montseny; all of them under the instructions of Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Nowadays the building is still the same as it was originally (except the tower), and that includes the furniture, the ceramics, mosaics, lights, etc. {{DEFAULTSORT:Casa Navas Modernisme architecture in Reus Buildings and structures in Reus Lluís Domènech i Montaner buildings Houses completed in 1908 Art Nouveau houses Houses in Catalonia 1908 establishments in Spain Visionary environments