Palau Güell

Palau Güell is an extraordinary townhouse located in the neighborhood El Raval.

Young Antoni Gaudí designed the building for wealthy shipowner and industrialist Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi. Commissioned in 1885 to be an extension of the Güell family property located on the Ramblas, the building later became the first modern building to be declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Although it was not conventional at the time to expose iron supports in architecture, Gaudí took advantage of them, turning them to his advantage.

My personal favorite of the building was the roof terrace, which is a fantastic series of chimneys adorned with swirling patterns made from fragments of glazed tile, glass, and earthenware.