The Architect · Lucía · Barcelona
Casa Milà (La Pedrera)
I come here when I need to reset my thinking about structure. The catenary arches in the attic carry the roof without a single column. It's still radical.
Gaudí's final secular building. The roof terrace of warrior chimneys is a landscape — and the attic parabolic vault is the structural masterpiece.
— Lucía, The Architect
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