Casa Vicens

Gaudí was thirty when he took the commission from the tile and brick manufacturer Manuel Vicens i Montaner, and he worked on the house from 1883 to 1888, making it his first completed building. The design is markedly more geometric than his later work: symmetrical, rectilinear in plan, and clad in bands of checkered ceramic with jagged projecting balconies. It stayed in private hands until restoration opened it to the public in 2017.

Building Type

Residential

Opening Hours

PH,Mo-Su 10:00-20:00; Dec 25,Jan 01,Jan 06: off

Admission Fee Required

Yes

Official Website

casavicens.org/

UNESCO World Heritage Inscription Year

1984

Category: Culture & History

Tags: gaudi, unesco, residential, gracia, first commission

Coordinates: 41.4034992, 2.1506266

Part of Gaudí buildings standing in Barcelona

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