Puig-i-Kadafalk, Joseph

Josep Puig-i-Kadafalk studied architecture in Barcelona, ​​as well as mathematics, physics and some other natural sciences. After graduation, he returns to Mataro, where he holds the post of urban architect. J. Puig worked in Mataro for 5 years, his first buildings built in Mataro date back to this time. Having moved to Barcelona, ​​the young architect teaches hydraulics and the theory of hardness at the School of Architecture. Being also engaged in politics, Josep Puig was elected chairman of the Catalan parliament in 1917. In this post, he supports plans for the development of public education and culture, initiates archaeological excavations in Empuries, paves new roads and supports agriculture. After the coup of Miguel Primo de Rivera in 1923, Puig was removed from the post of chairman of parliament.

Josep Puig was a student of the architect Luis Domenech i Montaner and was one of the last representatives of the Art Nouveau style and the first - Novesentism . His work can be divided into 3 periods:

• The period of "modern". Josep Puig uses the rural buildings of the Catalan aristocracy (Casa) as an example, to which he adds elements of northern peoples' architecture. These are the buildings he erected such as Casa Amatller , Casa Martí , Casa de les Punxes and Casa Terradas . All of them were created between 1895 and 1905.
• This is followed by a period of "rational idealism", a direction in architecture oriented toward the tastes of the big new bourgeoisie. Buildings were planned according to rational and practical criteria. This period includes his Casa Trinxet , Casa Muntades and Casa Company .
• The third creative period in the work of Puig received the name "monumentalism." It developed in parallel with the preparation and holding of the 1929 World's Fair in Barcelona, ​​for which Puig-i-Qadafalk was appointed chief architect. The buildings were created in imitation of the projects of ancient Roman architecture, with the addition of elements of national architecture of the regions of Valencia and Andalusia. The result was a style reminiscent of “neo-baroque” (Royal Palace in Barcelona, ​​1929).

Joseph Pooch was also interested in the development of architecture in the USA, in particular, the works of Louis Henry Sullivan , in the image of one of the buildings of which J. Pooch designed his Casa Pich . In addition to architecture, he writes a number of books and articles on the history of Romanesque and Gothic architecture in Catalonia. During the Spanish Civil War, Puig emigrates from the country and lives in Paris, then teaches architecture and its history at a number of universities, including the Sorbonne. After returning to his homeland, Puchu was refused permission to engage in architectural design. In 1942, he is elected president of the Barcelona Institute for the Study of Catalonia ( Institut d'Estudis Catalans ), and holds this post until his death.

Member of the American Academy of Medieval Studies (1927) ^[6] .

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  Casa Ametller y Batllo

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  Barcelona, ​​Carrer Sant Pere Més Alt, 24

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  Casa de les Punxes

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  Casa Martí

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  Palau del Baro, Barcelona.