Antoni Gaudí took his ideas from nature: trees, shells, bones and caves. Working mostly in Barcelona, he designed buildings with hardly a straight line, twisting chimneys and bright broken tile mosaics, including Casa Batlló, Casa Milà and Park Güell. In 1883 he took over the Sagrada Família, and in his last years worked on nothing else, even living on site. When he died in 1926 it was nowhere near finished. Work continues to this day.
★ LEADER
COLLECTION C005 · NO. 032
★ COLLECTION LEADER
Antoni Gaudí
Sagrada Família Architect
EXTRA-ORDINARY TRAIT
CREATIVITY
JFDI PILLAR
I — INSTINCT
COUNTRY & REGION
Spain (Europe)
LIFESPAN
1852 – 1926
GENDER
Man
EDITION
No.032
✦ DEFINING MOMENT
On scaffolding at the Sagrada Família, hand on a carved stone, its one finished tower behind him.
✦ ARCHIVAL DOSSIER
The Story
✦ VERIFIED QUOTE
“My client is not in a hurry.”
✦ DID YOU KNOW?
When he was hit by a tram in 1926, he was so shabbily dressed that people mistook him for a beggar.
✦ YOUR TURN
What are you building that might outlast you?