Catalan vault
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The Catalan vault, also called thin-tile vault, Catalan turn, Catalan arch, boveda ceiling, timbrel vault or timbrel arch, is a type of low brickwork arch forming a vaulted ceiling that often supports
A Catalan vault in a house in Barcelona
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Antoni Gaudí
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Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Catalan architect and designer, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, includi
Catalan vault
…was developed and flourished as a traditional form, and has spread around the world in more recent times through the work of Catalan architects such as Antoni Gaudí and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, and the Valencian architect Rafael Guastavino. As Block & Rippmann explain, "constructing vaults in brick was mastered by…
Gaudí in 1878, by Pau Audouard
El Mas de la Calderera, home of the Gaudí family in Riudoms
Gaudí (in the background) with his father (centre), his niece Rosa and doctor Santaló during a visit to Montserrat (1904)
Gaudí and Eusebi Güell on a visit to the Colònia Güell (1910)