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| Spiny Stairs |
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| Mushroom Stove |
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| Captivating Door |
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| Spiraling Light a living sea creature |
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| Drawback Windows |
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| A Spot for a Seat |
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| Place for a Hand |
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| Light Chasm |
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| Light Holes |
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| Ribs of the Beast |
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| Chimney Faces |
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| Crown of the Dragon |
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A spectacle of amazement is the Batllo Casa in Barcelona. The extraordinarily obtuse house feigns nothing but peculiarity and amusement. The house for bones drys my mouth and restores me from some respiratory failure. It truly is a marvelous amorphous design. Antonio Gaudi is but a genius in his Art.
A cohesive design sets the building apart from the surfeit of other architecture ice-cream flavors. Building upon the omnipotent design of a spiny dragon sits the entrance and stair. The house swallows you whole grasping your ankles and pulling you through an organic array of inset lore. The chairs, the lights, the windows and door all fill the voids to perfection. Every detail is conceived. Every detail is born. Every measure of perfection is thought through. Life is breathed within.
A humbling structure brazened in glory bashes my design ability to a meager popper. Struggling to reclaim some ability in architecture I have become inspired beyond vitality itself. I shutter to imagine my coming design in comparison to master Gaudi but I shall strive to do my best. Architecture can not achieve a heightened level of being until one designs fully. There should be little pleasure in design abstention. To shape a building or any Art in that matter to half mast is to destroy Anima--its spirit.
Let us recapitulate upon our journey. All space, every micron and each material is brought to life. Gaudi rendered the building whole. Every detail is set. Nothing is misplaced. All has purpose, beauty and poetics. From the tiles in the light chasm to the circle of nodes on the ceiling, the intent is fair and just.
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