Casa Batllo

The first Gaudi building that I've gotten the grand tour of...

There's beautiful stained glass throughout the building and especially in the windows that look out onto Passeig de Gracia.

Gaudi changed the tone of the tiles in the light well in the middle of the mansion so that it would appear to be one color when it was sunny out becasue of the bleaching action of the sun acting against the changing color of the tile.

The mansion is realy about bringing light and air into the building naturaly. He made it so that your laundry could dry within the laundry rooms and you wouldn't have to hang your laundry outside with these vents

Gaudi's genius is apparent not only in his artistic expressions but also his structural and mathematic knowledge. He used parabolic arches to support his structures which he was pretty much the first to explore.


Even though this building over 100 years old, it feels extremely modern.