A History of Park Güell (part 2) In this series Robert Zimmerman looks at the history of one of Barcelona’s signature attractions: Park Güell: Park Güell contains many instances of Gaudí´s style at the last part of his career: sinuous, sculptural forms; the use of “skins” of tile fragments; and the leaning columns, for example. On […]
A History of Park Güell (part 1) In this series Robert Zimmerman looks at the history of one of Barcelona’s signature attractions: Park Güell: Last week we asked the questions why did Park Güell fail? and why were there no buyers for the lots despite the great advantages being offered and the reasonable price that they were […]
In this series Robert Zimmerman looks at the history of one of Barcelona’s signature attractions: Park Güell: Quite unlike Gaudí´s other famous achievements, Park Güell is not a building but the support structures required for a residential community: streets, walls, gate houses, a market place and a plaza. What it does have in common with some of […]