Josep Domènech i Estapà (;

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, 1858 –

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, 1917) was a Catalan architect. He graduated in 1881, and became professor of geodesy in 1888 and subsequently descriptive geometry in 1895 at the

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. He became a member of the Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts in 1883, and its president in 1914. His works in

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include the church of Sant Andreu del Palomar (1881, with Pere Falqués), Teatre Poliorama and Reial Acadèmia de les Ciències (1883), Palau de la Justícia - Palace of Justice courthouse (1887-1908, with Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia), Palau Montaner, now the Delegación del Gobierno Español (Delegation of the Spanish Government) in Barcelona (1889-1896, with

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), the

's Faculty of Medicine (1904), Modelo prison (1904, with Salvador Vinyals i Sabaté), the Amparo de Santa Lucía / Empar de Santa Llúcia home for the blind, which eventually became the Museu de la Ciència de Barcelona, now known as CosmoCaixa Barcelona (1904-1909), the

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(1906), Catalana de Gas i electricitat building and water tower (1908), the Church of Our Lady of Carmen (Església de la Mare de Déu del Carme) and Carmelite convent (1910-1921, finished by his son Josep Domènech i Mansana) and Magoria station (1912). He also headed the construction of the

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(1895-1906), based on a design by Ignasi C. Bartrolí (1881). In the town of

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, he built the Hotel Bofill (1898). He created his own style through the modification of Classical motifs, distinct both from Eclecticism and

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, but was accepted by the establishment. He wrote several books, including ''Tratado de geometría descriptiva'' and ''El modernismo arquitectónico'' (1911).

Gallery

File:Observatori Fabra - Vista des del Tibidabo - 1.jpg, Fabra Observatory on

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, Barcelona File:CosmoCaixa building.jpg, The Empar de Santa Llúcia home for the blind, now CosmoCaixa - Museum of Science, Barcelona File:Palau de Justícia.jpg, Palau de la Justícia - Palaca of Justice in Barcelona (with the details covered in a

Christo Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks a ...

-like wrapping), built together with Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia. File:Torre de La Catalana de Gas (Barcelona) - 1.jpg, Torre de la Catalana de Gas - La Catalana de Gas water tower, Barcelona, full view. File:Tower of Colour (4203513346).jpg, Torre de la Catalana de Gas - La Catalana de Gas water tower, Barcelona, detail. File:Estació de la Magòria 03.JPG, Magòria Station, Barcelona File:Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts.jpg, Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts - Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts / Teatre Poliorama, Barcelona, Rambles. File:Facultat_de_Medicina_UB.JPG,

, Faculty of Medicine, Barcelona. File:Catalana de Gas P1210154.jpg, Former headquarters of the utilities company, Catalana de Gas i Electricitat, Barcelona. File:Casa Domènech i Estapà P1450823.jpg, Casa Domènech i Estapà, Barcelona. File:Presó Model.jpg, Model Prison (built in conjunction with Salvador Vinyals i Sabaté), Barcelona

External links

* * Sergio Fuentes Milà, "L’estació de La Magòria. Un cas paradigmàtic de l’arquitectura industrial de Domènech i Estapà (1911-1912)", IX Jornades d'Arqueologia Industrial de Catalunya, desembre 2013 (En premsa) {{DEFAULTSORT:Domenech Estapa, Josep Architects from Catalonia Modernisme architects Art Nouveau architects 1917 deaths 1858 births