Antoni Gaudí merged Orientalism, natural forms, and new materials into a Modernista aesthetic that made Barcelona a mecca for architecture fans. With new photography, plans, Gaudí’s drawings, and a complete appendix of his works including unfinished projects, this book takes us into the proud Catalonian’s unique worldview.

Antoni Gaudí is the most prominent catalan architect and a complex artist that carries out its work in a very specific moment in the history of Barcelona, Catalonia and in the international architecture. Juan José Lahuerta, Gaudí Chair’s Director, explains this context in detail to understand the architect in all its richness and complexity.

This "Modern Art Journal" is no ordinary art book, so grab your pencils and pens and unleash your creativity in the company of some of the world's great modern artists: Frida Kahlo, Louise Burgeois, Renné Magritte , Pablo Picasso...

This book takes the reader on a step-by-step journey, going through all of Gaudi’s works where he used this technique, explaining the historical and cultural background of the architect; the different techniques of the older brother of trencadís, the classical mosaic and the Arab world; as well as the different materials used by Gaudi to make trencadís and its functionality.

The best visual guide to start learning about the artistic world of Antoni Gaudí. 

All of Gaudí’s architectural work in one single volume.

This book shows the mastery and genius of Gaudí at its fullest, through all his works with the best photographs, texts describing each work, elevation maps, models isometric projections and exclusive videos.

In this book, The Sagrada Familia, the Cathedral of Light, Curti and Gaudí lead us through the basilica on a visit that transcends the very essence of the building and reveals to us the light that illuminates it on a path towards beauty, or truth. Because, as the author says, “beauty is matter illuminated”, and Gaudí shows us that “beauty is the splendour of truth”.