During the three weeks between May 20 and June 9 we guest curated the OfHouses blog with a consistent selection of Catalan houses:
The question behind this list was: is there a straight, progressive line in Catalan architecture? Can one be found? Is it possible to talk specifically about Catalan architecture? Does such a thing exist?
So here’s a list of houses made by architects who have influenced one another and that we believe are tied by an invisible line. They’re mostly well-known projects, but they serve the purpose well. We think the stylistic legacy of the Ugalde house is present all along the chain of houses, through a certain interpretation of the vernacular and through the consistency of materials used. Most of these projects are holiday homes for bourgeois families, but that is normal considering that people in Barcelona mostly live in apartment buildings (of which all these architects made plenty of good examples as well). This group of houses exemplifies very well the common Catalan fantasy of a second home—and, in that sense, it’s a good social portrait.
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