{"id":4784,"date":"2026-02-19T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:38:15","slug":"report-names-antoni-gaudi-as-architect-of-modernist-catalan-chalet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/report-names-antoni-gaudi-as-architect-of-modernist-catalan-chalet\/","title":{"rendered":"Report names Antoni Gaud\u00ed as architect of modernist Catalan chalet"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Xalet<\/div>\n

The Government of Catalonia has published a report confirming Antoni Gaud\u00ed<\/a> as the architect of Xalet del Catllar\u00e0s, an early 1900s\u00a0chalet in northern Spain<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report<\/a> was written by a professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Galdric Santana Roma, to prove Gaud\u00ed’s authorship of the Xalet del Catllar\u00e0s. It was commissioned by the Government of Catalonia<\/a>‘s department of culture.<\/p>\n

Situated in the mountainous area north of Barcelona<\/a> in the county of Bergued\u00e0, the modernist<\/a> chalet was built between 1901 and 1908 for Eusebi G\u00fcell, Gaud\u00ed’s lifelong patron, who commissioned the architect for Park G\u00fcell.<\/p>\n

\"Xalet
A report has found Antoni Gaud\u00ed to be the architect behind a miner’s chalet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Designed to house engineers who were setting up mining facilities, Gaud\u00ed had long been suspected as the architect of Xalet del Catllar\u00e0s\u00a0because of his ties to G\u00fcell, but there was no prior evidence to confirm this.<\/p>\n

Santana Roma concluded Gaud\u00ed as the building’s architect because of structural details that he was known to use at the time of its construction, and only adopted by others 10 or 15 years later. These included types of arches, vaults and interior walls placed at 45-degree angles.<\/p>\n

According to news agency Reuters<\/a>, Santana Roma believed that Gaud\u00ed did not acknowledge himself as the chalet’s architect because, as he did not supervise the construction, the completed building was changed from its original plans.<\/p>\n