Joan Rubió

Joan Rubió y Bellver (Catalan pronunciation:

Rubió was also a regidor (councillor) on the Barcelona City Council (Ajuntament de Barcelona, 1905) and was appointed an architect for the Province of Barcelona (1906-1943) by the Barcelona Provincial Council (Diputació de Barcelona). His architecture is also prevalent on the Balearic Islands, for example in the northern town of Sóller, on Mallorca, where he designed the façade of the Church of Sant Bartomeu (1904) as well as the Banco de Sóller (1912), remarkable for its intricate ironwork (wrought iron).

Notable works and collaborations

Many of the following works are collaborations with Antoni Gaudí.

• La Sagrada Familia
• the Casa Batlló
• the Casa Calvet
• the Torre Bellesguard
• Parc Güell in Barcelona
• the restoration of La Seu (the cathedral of Palma de Mallorca)
• 1894: Ca l'Ordal - - in
  Colònia Güell (factory town) in Santa Coloma de Cervelló
• 1900: agricultural cooperativa building with Francesc Berenguer - in Colònia Güell
• 1900: Ca l'Espinal - private home in Colònia Güell
• 1901: Casa Golferichs in Barcelona.
• 1904: façade of the church of Sant Bartomeu - Sóller, on Mallorca
• 1903-1909: Anti-tuberculosis sanatorium (Barcelona, Can Rectoret neighborhood)
• 1912: façade of Banco de Sóller with intricate ironwork (wrought iron) - Sóller
• 1928: neo-gothic bridge over Carrer del Bisbe, in Barcelona.

Gallery

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  Modernisme style residence by Bellver in Catalonia.
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  A bow window on the Casa Pomar.
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  Casa Golferichs in Barcelona
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  Banc de Sóller, in Sóller, Mallorca.
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  Ca l'Espinal, private home in the

  Colònia Güell (factory town), in the municipality of Santa Coloma de Cervelló, El Baix Llobregat, near Barcelona

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