Casa Batllo is a residential building on the Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona's Eixample district, originally built in 1877 and radically remodeled beginning in 1904 by the architect Antoni Gaudi, with construction on the redesign running through 1906 and his assistants Domenec Sugranes i Gras, Josep Canaleta and Joan Rubio contributing to the work. Gaudi's remodeling gave the building an almost entirely curved form with few straight lines, most famously in a facade covered in trencadis, a mosaic of broken colored ceramic tile fragments, and a scaly, dragon-back tiled roof rising to a bulbous tower topped with religious iconography. Inside, a central light well is lined in blue tilework that grows paler toward the bottom to distribute daylight evenly, and its attic space is supported by sixty catenary arches. UNESCO recognized Casa Batllo as part of the Works of Antoni Gaudi World Heritage listing, extended to include the building in 2005.
Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own accountMultifamily residential 2 LocationPasseig de Gracia, Eixample, Barcelona, Spain 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Uses Element
Source Casa Batllo, Wikipedia
Source Casa Batllo, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, located there.
Sources
1. Casa Batllo, Wikipedia
Renovation section
The building was finished and refurbished in 1906.
Lead section, location
Casa Batlló is located on the Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
Casa Batllo is a residential building on the Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona's Eixample district, originally built in 1877 and radically remodeled beginning in 1904 by the architect Antoni Gaudi, with construction on the redesign running through 1906 and his assistants Domenec Sugranes i Gras, Josep Canaleta and Joan Rubio contributing to the work. Gaudi's remodeling gave the building an almost entirely curved form with few straight lines, most famously in a facade covered in trencadis, a mosaic of broken colored ceramic tile fragments, and a scaly, dragon-back tiled roof rising to a bulbous tower topped with religious iconography. Inside, a central light well is lined in blue tilework that grows paler toward the bottom to distribute daylight evenly, and its attic space is supported by sixty catenary arches. UNESCO recognized Casa Batllo as part of the Works of Antoni Gaudi World Heritage listing, extended to include the building in 2005.
- Uses Element: Timber, infobox material field: stone, metal, wood, ceramic
- Uses Element: Stone, Infobox material field: stone, metal, wood, ceramic
View the Source2. Casa Batllo (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Multifamily residential)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Multifamily residential)
Wikidata item Q461371, instance of (P31): multifamily residential
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