The house is lovely - a house built in the years 1906-1910 in Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudí for a family is lovely, one of the attractions of the Catalan capital . This house was the last secular work of Gaudi before he devoted himself entirely to work on the cathedral Sagrada - Familia.
The design of this building Gaudi was an innovative for its time: an elaborate system of natural ventilation eliminates the air-conditioning , interior walls in each apartment home , you can move on your own, there is an underground garage .Stipulated in the project lifts were not installed during construction , and appeared much later . The building is a reinforced concrete structure with no load-bearing columns supporting and retaining walls . Unique wrought iron lattice balconies were the result of improvisation, Josep -Maria Zhuzholya , who worked with Gaudí and other projects.
The three courtyards - one round and two elliptical - are specific design elements to which the architect is constantly approached to fill the space in their buildings enough light and fresh air. Almost every room has a window that takes the daylight, which at that time was a novelty.All landlady room facing the street or the courtyard quarter windows utility rooms and rooms of the servants out of three courtyards .
In 1984, Milla was the first home of the XX century works included in the UNESCO World Heritage List .
The building is owned by local savings bank Caixa de Catalunya, which uses former apartment on the first floor area of 1000 square meters. m for the exhibition purposes. The apartment on the seventh floor of the building is decorated in the style of 20s of XX century and at the attic floor and roof terrace demonstrated to visitors during the tour .On the rest of the office of floors , some apartments are still occupied by Catalan families.
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