Domènec Sugrañes i Gras (; 12 December 1878 – 9 August 1938) was a Catalan

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architect and disciple of

Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí i Cornet ( , ; ; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalans, Catalan architect and designer from Spain, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan ''Modernisme''. Gaudí's works have a style, with most located in Barc ...

. He succeeded him at the head of the works of the church of the

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and finished the façade of the Nativity. Sugrañes held this charge during 10 years, from Gaudí's death in 1926 until 20 July 1936.

Biography

Gaudí met Sugrañes in 1905 during his last year at the school of architecture. Since then, he participated in most of Gaudí's works. In collaboration with Gaudí, Sugrañes decorated the Bellesguard house with seating banks in mosaic (1917). He made the house of , of which Gaudí made only gateway to the property. He also collaborated in the

Casa Batlló () is a building in the center of Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by Antoni Gaudí, and is considered one of his masterpieces. A remodel of a previously built house, it was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí (but the actual construction works hadn't ...

and

Casa Milà Casa Milà (, ), popularly known as ''La Pedrera'' (, ; "the stone quarry") in reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a ''Modernisme, Modernista'' building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last private residence desi ...

. Sugrañes became close with Gaudí to the extent that the latter established him as his testamentary executor.

List of works

* The

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in collaboration with Manuel Joaquim Raspall i Mayol (1913). * ''"Casa Bonet"'',

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, (1918). * Buildings ''"Balmes 107-109"'',

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(1922). * Building Muntaner ''"147 - Rosselló 142"'',

(1928) * Public school of the

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, Balmes street, Barcelona (1928). * ''"Casa Pellicer"'', Reus (1928). * Public school of

Capellades Capellades () is a town in Catalonia, Spain, located in the south of the comarca of Anoia, some sixty metres above the Anoia river where it cuts through the Catalan Coastal Range. The C-15 trunk road from Vilafranca del Penedès and the FGC rail ...

(1931). * Buildings Muntaner 193 - Londres 88-90

(1932).

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References

* Architects from Catalonia Spanish ecclesiastical architects Modernisme architects People from Reus 1878 births 1938 deaths {{Catalonia-architect-stub