Emili Sala i Cortés
Barcelona (1841) - (1920)
He was one of the first graduates of the Barcelona School of Architecture, qualifying as an architect in 1876.
He was a historicist architect who used Modernista language as he might that of any other current and almost only on the summer residences he built in a number of Catalan villages.
His work, which is historicist in style, can be seen all over Catalonia. In Barcelona he made Casa Emilia Carles (1892; Bergara, 11; now Hotel Ducs de Bergara) and the original building in 1875 at Passeig de Gràcia 43, which was renovated in 1906 by A. Gaudí, who turned it into one of the prime examples of Modernisme in the city, known since then as Casa Batlló. His work can be found too in other towns in Catalonia, such as Rubí, where he made the Ribes schools (1916; Lluís Ribas, 2), and La Garriga, where there are many buildings by him, such as Casa Ramon Rocafort Carreras (1910; Dels Banys, 52). He did a lot of work for the Tolrà family, for whom he built Palau Tolrà (1890), now the town hall of Castellar del Vallès.
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