Barcelona, Spain - 28 September 2015 - Calvet House on the street Carrer de Casp.

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Casa Calvet

L'Eixample


Gaudí's most conventional contribution to L'Eixample is the 1901 Casa Calvet, built for textiles industrialist Pere Màrtir Calvet (it now houses a restaurant). Inspired by baroque tendencies, the noble ashlar facade is broken up by protruding wrought-iron balconies, while the interior's most distinctive feature is the staircase.