The Eixample district not only is the most iconic in Barcelona, it’s also the most diverse in terms of things to do in Barcelona. Most of the famous Gaudí buildings like Sagrada Familia or Casa Batlló are located at this district. Some of the most important avenues and places in Barcelona are located in this neighborhood.
This time we will show you a list of some old and interesting buildings that you can find walking around the area.
- Casa Llopis Bofill
Designed on behalf of the lawyer and landowner Manuel Llopis Bofill, the house that bears his name is a magnificent modernist residence built between 1902 and 1903. Unlike other contemporary architects, Gallissà discarded for the façade the neo-Gothic style that prevailed at the time and opted for orientalist elements. Currently, the building retains an appearance very similar to the original project, despite the reconstruction works of the damages it suffered during the Civil War.
- Palau Baró de Quadras
The Palace of the Baron of Quadras, is a modernist building, located at number 373 of Avenida Diagonal in Barcelona, made by the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch between 1904 and 1906. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument of National Interest since 1976, it has been open to the public since 2016. It is currently the headquarters of the Institut Ramon Llull. The building was a great reform over an earlier one. It has two facades, since it is located between Diagonal Avenue and Roussillon Street, in the well-known Quadrat d’or, where a large part of the modernist buildings of the new Eixample de Cerdà are concentrated.
- Casa Pomar
The Pomar house is a modernist building located at number 86 Gerona street in Barcelona. The architect Juan Rubió Bellver, was the realizer of the project in 1904 finishing its construction in 1906. Despite the narrowness of space for the façade, the architect managed to highlight it magnificently with the placement of an original tribune in a staggered form on the first floor with its green ceramic base and wrought irons, which are also seen on the balconies of the rest of the floors of the building. The top of the house is inspired by the neo-Gothic style.
- Mercat de la Concepció
The Mercado de la Concepción is a market in Barcelona. It was originally designed in 1887 by the architect Antoni Rovira i Trias on land ceded by the wealthy lawyer Joan Pla i Moreau, within the framework of the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona. It was built in 1888, and is located in the Right neighborhood of the Ensanche. It is an isolated building located between the streets of Aragon and Valencia that was restored between 1996 and 1998 from a project designed by the architect Albert de Pineda y Álvarez. It is a work protected as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest.
- Casa de les Punxes
Diagonal Avenue hides one of the best kept treasures of Catalan modernism. The building, declared a National Historic Monument in 1975, is key to understanding the Catalan modernism movement. It is a building designed by the modernist architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. The result was a building reminiscent of the old medieval castles, with elements of different architectural currents and various technical innovations, with six pointed towers (crowned by conical spires), one of its distinctive features and the one that gave it the popular name of Casa de les Punxes.
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