Casa Batlló

This was a remodelling rather than a new build: Gaudí reworked an existing Eixample apartment block for Josep Batlló between 1904 and 1906, adding the bowed stone frontage, the protruding balconies and a façade surfaced in ceramic trencadís. The roof, tiled in scaled courses and topped with twisted chimneys, is the reason locals called it Casa del Drac, and the bone-like columns of the lower storeys gave it the second nickname, Casa dels Ossos. It remains an apartment building in form, with seven floors above a basement.

Building Type

Residential

Opening Hours

Mo-Su 09:00-21:00

Admission Fee Required

Yes

Official Website

www.casabatllo.es/

UNESCO World Heritage Inscription Year

2005

Category: Culture & History

Tags: gaudi, unesco, residential, trencadis

Coordinates: 41.3915411, 2.1647614

Part of Gaudí buildings standing in Barcelona

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