Torrer Agbar

Battery in the Grid City marking the born of new barcelona, does it real good?

This tower was built by the Barcelona Water Company. The outer skin is made of glass panels that can be opened to adjust the interior temperature.

Avinguda Diagonal 209-211, plaza de las Glorias Barcelona CAT Spain

Status: built Construction Dates   Began 2001   Finished 2004 Floor Count 33 Basement Floors 4 Floors to Floor 4 m Floor Area 51,483 m² Elevator Count 9

Building Uses  - office  - conference  - restaurant Structural Types  - highrise Architectural Style  - futurism Materials  - glass  - aluminium

	Heights		Value		Source / Comments
	Roof		144.5 m
	Top floor		128.3 m

Description - Architect: Jean Nouvel - Owner: Grupo Inmobiliario Layetana - Inaugurated: Sep-16-2005 - Cost: E $130,000,000

Casa Mila, The Quarry

"La Pedrera—'the quarry'—was the name an astounded population gave to this completely unique building. It could be compared with the steep cliff walls in which African tribes build their cave-like dwellings. The wavy facade, with its large pores, reminds one also of an undulating beach of fine sand, formed, for example, by a receding dune. The honeycombs made by industrious bees might also spring to the mind of the observer viewing the snake-like ups-and-downs that run through the whole bulding. In this last secular building which he constructed before devoting all his energies to the Sagrada Familia, Gaudi created a paradox: an artificial but natural building which was simultaneously a summary of all the forms that he has since become famous for. The roof sports an imitation of the bench from Guell Park as well as an ever more impressive series of bizarre chimney stacks."

— Rainer Zervst. Gaudi, 1852-1926, Antoni Gaudi i Cornet Ð A Life Devoted to Architecture. Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH & Co. KG., 1988. p176.

Casa Balto

1906, Antonio Gaudi

"Mighty pillars that appear to resemble the feet of some giant elephant are the first thing to meet the eye of the passerby from street level. The roof reminds him of a completely different animal: it is bordered by a jagged line similar to the backbone of a gigantic dinosaur. A facade extends between the two, including a number of small, elegantly curved balconies that seem to stick to the front of the house like birds' nests on the face of the cliff. The facade itself glitters in numerous colours, and small round plates that look like fish scales are let into it. There are no edges or corners here; even the walls are rounded in undulations and have in essence the feel of the smooth skin of a sea serpent about them."

— Rainer Zervst. Gaudi, 1852-1926, Antoni Gaudi i Cornet Ð A Life Devoted to Architecture. Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH & Co. KG., 1988. p162.

Entrance Fee - 16.50 Euros per person with an audio guide included in the entrance price.

This how making money via Architecture!!!

Sagrada Famillia, (Church of the Holy Family)

To read more .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia#Design

Barcelona Cathedral (La Seu)

Gothic Tower!

The Building

The church is 93m/305ft long and 40m wide. The octagonal clock towers reach a height of more than 50m. They were built between 1386 and 1393. The spire of the central tower reaches a height of 70m or 230ft.The interior consists of one wide nave with 28 side chapels. The crypt contains the sarcophagus of Santa Eulalia. The cathedral also has a beautifully carved choir. A lift in the northeast of the cathedral brings you to the top of the roof of the cathedral.

Cloister

Adjacent to the cathedral is a 14th century cloister. There are always 13 geese in its central courtyard. Each goose represents one year in the life of the martyr Santa Eulalia, a young girl tortured to death in the 4th century by the Romans for her religion. The cloister also contains a small museum with liturgist artifacts.