Casa Fuster, Barcelona

The fabulous Casa Fuster, constructed between 1908 and 1911, is located on the upper end of the Jardins de Salvador Espriu and the prominent Passeig de Gracia in the affluent district of Eixample, central east Barcelona.

It represents architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner’s last work in the city, in tandem with his son Pere Domènech i Roure, that was fashioned on account of wealthy Mallorcan Mariano Fuster as a hefty gift to his wife Consol Fabra.

The edifice applies a subtle neo-Gothic touch to its modernista frame and features two façades bound through a cylindrical turret on the southwest corner as well as characteristic pink columns, trilobate windows and floral motifs shaping a fine example of Catalan Modernism.

Largely refurbished in 2004, it has been converted and operating since as a luxury hotel containing as many as a good 105 rooms.

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Casa de les Punxes, Barcelona

The beautiful Casa de les Punxes, constructed in 1905, lies on a trianglular block bordered by Carrer del Rosselló (left), Avinguda Diagonal (right) and Carrer de Roger de Bruc (far back) in the Barcelona Eixampe, Catalonia in Spain.

Also known as Casa Terradas, it was designed by Modernista architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch and commissioned by Bartomeu Terradas Brutau, who intended to build a house for his three sisters Angela, Josefa and Rosa.

It is actually three different houses blended so that they look like a single edifice with a medieval flair about it as it features six spired towers, reminiscent of an old medieval castle.