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“Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all it’s flavour”*…
Possibly the most remarkable city block in the world…
The Illa de la Discòrdia (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈiʎə ðə lə disˈkɔɾði.ə]) or Mansana de la Discòrdia [mənˈsanə ðə lə disˈkɔɾði.ə] — “Block of Discord”; Spanish: Manzana de la Discordia — is a city block on Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The block is noted for having buildings by four of Barcelona’s most important Modernista architects, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Antoni Gaudí, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, and Enric Sagnier, in close proximity. As the four architects’ styles were very different, the buildings clash with each other and the neighboring buildings. They were all built in the early years of the 20th century…
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From the left in the photo above:
Casa Lleó M Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1905)
Casa Mulleras Enric Sagnier (1906)
Casa Bonet Marceliano Coquillat (1901/1915)
Casa Amatller Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1900)
Casa Batlló Antoni Gaudí (1877/1906)
* William Cowper
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As we marvel, we might send boldly-sketched birthday greetings to Sir Peter Cook; he was born on this date in 1936. An architect, lecturer, and writer, he was a founder of Archigram, a group that championed neofuturistic design as a challenge to the complacency of modernism…. every solution becomes the next problem…
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