Joan Martorell
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Joan Martorell i Montells (Catalan pronunciation: Catalan architect and designer. He was an uncle of the architect Bernardí Martorell i Puig.
Martorell worked in the styles of
Romanesque Revival and the indigenous Mudéjar architectural styles.[2] In Comillas, Spain, he designed the Palacio de Sobrellano, and the Capilla Panteón de los Marqueses de Comillas, and helped design the Universidad Pontificia with Lluís Domènech i Montaner.[4]
Martorell is also known for his later work in the Catalan school of
vaulted ceilings without the use of buttresses.[6]
He also introduced Gaudí to his most important client and patron,
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona in 1883 when the original architect, Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano, retired from the project.[9]
Works
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Most of Martorell's works were built in Barcelona. Some of the most important works include:
- Església i Convent de les Adoratrius (1874)
- Església i Convent de les Saleses (1877–1885)
- Reconstruction of the Montsio (1888)
- Tower and dome of the Basilica of La Mercè
- Restoration of the Monastery of Pedralbes (1897)
- Building of the Societat de Crèdit Mercantil (1901, named by city government as the best new building in 1901)
- Monument to Joan Güell (1901)
- Robert House, currently Palau Robert (1898–1903)
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola School (The Sarrià Jesuits) 1893-1896
- Palace and garden of the Finca Güell (now Palau Reial de Pedralbes)
Outside of Barcelona:
- Parish Church of Santa Maria in Portbou
- Parish Church of Castellar del Vallès
- Monumental Rosary in Montserrat: fourth and fifth Joyful Mysteries, third and fourth Glorious Mysteries
- Palacio de Sobrellano in Comillas (1878–1890)
- Panteón de Sobranello (1881)
- Lluis Domenech i Montaner, now the headquarters of the Comillas Foundation)
References
- ^ "Joan Martorell i Montells". Enciclopèdia Catalana. Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ a b Curl, James Stevens (2000). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Newton, William (2 December 2010). "Cor de Maria". Catholic Barcelona. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-74104-554-3.
- ISBN 3-8228-2518-2.
- ISBN 1-56898-371-9.
- ISBN 84-89439-91-5.
- ISBN 0-06-093563-4.
- ISBN 84-96241-63-7.
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