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Sant Joan Despí

Designed by Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert and built between 1913 and 1916, Torre de la Creu is located in a small town near Barcelona (Sant Joan Despí). Because the domes resemble a cluster of eggs, the house received also from locals the name of "Casa del ous" (ous is the Catalan word for eggs).

Under the parabolic domes of Torre de la Creu, Jujol designed two houses with some characteristic elements as the elegant stairway - both simple and magnificent instead of the small space -, the gallery, the tower and other elements lately applied under various shapes in other projects of Jujol.

The pergola dome

Balconies and dome of the pergola

Chimney

Dome of the pergola

Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879–1949) was a Catalan architect. Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture. He worked with Antoni Gaudí on many of his most famous works.

Detail of a dome, with window and chimney

Windows

Among Gibert's projects are Casa Batlló, Casa Milà, Park Güell, and

Our Lady of Montserrat, and

among his design styles are

Modernisme and Art Nouveau.

The upper dome with mosaics in geometric shapes and wrought iron cross

The upper dome tower and balcony

An enclosure in forged iron with curved doors is an example how to close the building but allowing a complete view of the front side of it

fence anchorage

The enclosure

Domes and balconies

Domes, balconies and central tower

Art Nouveau in Sant Joan Despí developed

in the form of Modernisme and,

more specifically, in a very personal

interpretation of this style by the

Barcelona-trained architect Josep Maria

Jujol, Sant Joan Despí's municipal

architect together with Gabriel Borrell from

1926 to 1949.

Behind grandstand (tribune) and first floor

Behind tribune

Behind tribune mosaic

Dome mosaic

Portal access to the roof and tower

Dome and  balcony bridge

Domes, gazebo and staircase to the pergola

Staircase to the pergola

the pergola

Jujol’s architecture was greatly marked by

the influence of Antoni

Gaudí, with whom he had collaborated,

and when Modernisme

began to disappear

from Barcelona to be replaced

by new trends, Jujol introduced the style to

Sant Joan in 1913 with his Torre de la

Creu.

Ceiling inside the dome of the pergola

Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert was not overly concerned by the slowing down of the Modernisme movement and the town greeted his expressive architecture with suitable enthusiasm.

The terrace

Gargoyle on the terrace

Belvedere balcony

Jujol's Modernisme was based on a careful treatment of plaster, terracotta and sgraffito on white façades, decorative elements that accompany the dynamism of volumes (especially in freestanding houses) and lively projecting roof lines undulating together with iron, in which the structural merges with the ornamental.

This agricultural town was

experiencing major growth at the time,

with the arrival of the railways in 1891 and

electricity in 1907, and, like many

towns in the Baix

Llobregat area, it was becoming a

summer destination

for Barcelona's

middle classes.

By night

Sound: Sardana para flauta y piano - Eduard Toldra 1912

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