Just because I think that everyone should see Gaudi's works, here is another one of his famous buildings. It was a housing project that he did in Passeig de Gracia and it's name is Casa Batllo. The picture probably don't do the building justice, its complex on every surface, walls, ceiling, floors, ect..... If your ever in Barcelona, GO!!!! Don't think about it, just go!
The front facade of Casa Batllo
This is the ceiling inside the house and it mimics a whirlpool. It is located on the second floor in the main living room that actually was also designed to be used a a chapel space. The adjoining office space was to be used as the alter. The alter that was used there is actually going to be the alter used in the Sagrada Famillia when it is completed. If you haven't gathered it yet, Gaudi was very devoted to his faith.
This is a hallway that is actually the attic spaces
The central stairwell designed to let the maximum amount of natural light in because Gaudi loved natural light and you can find it in most of his rooms.
The roof top of the house looking towards the front. This ornamental piece was made in Ibiza and shipped over to Barcelona. On the way here, it cracked. Instead of sending it back, Gaudi wanted to keep it because he said the cracks add interest to the building.
Another roof shot
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