Josep Domènech i Estapà


Josep Domènech i Estapà was a Catalan architect.
He graduated in 1881, and became professor of geodesy and descriptive geometry at the University of Barcelona, and member of the Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts, of which he subsequently became president.
His works in Barcelona include the church of Sant Andreu del Palomar, Teatre Poliorama and Reial Acadèmia de les Ciències, Palau de la Justícia - Palace of Justice courthouse, Palau Montaner, now the Delegación del Gobierno Español in Barcelona, the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Medicine, Modelo prison, the Amparo de Santa Lucía / Empar de Santa Llúcia home for the blind, which eventually became the Museu de la Ciència de Barcelona, now known as CosmoCaixa Barcelona, the Fabra Observatory, Catalana de Gas i electricitat building and water tower, the Church of Our Lady of Carmen and Carmelite convent and Magoria station. He also headed the construction of the Hospital Clínic, based on a design by Ignasi C. Bartrolí. In the town of Viladrau, he built the Hotel Bofill.
He created his own style through the modification of Classical motifs, distinct both from Eclecticism and Modernisme, but was accepted by the establishment. He wrote several books, including Tratado de geometría descriptiva and El modernismo arquitectónico.

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