Joan Rubió facts for kids
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Joan Rubió i Bellver
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| Born | 24 April 1870 |
| Died | 30 November 1952 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Modernista |
| Buildings | La Sagrada Familia, the Casa Batlló, the Parc Güell, restoration of La Seu |
Joan Rubió i Bellver (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈan ruβiˈo]; born April 24, 1870 – died November 30, 1952) was a talented Spanish architect. He is well-known for his amazing work in the Catalan Modernista movement. This was a special art and architecture style popular in Catalonia, Spain, around the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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About Joan Rubió
His Early Life and Family
Joan Rubió was born in a town called Reus in Province of Tarragona, Spain. He wasn't the only creative person in his family! His brother, Marià Rubió i Bellver, was a military engineer. Joan's nephews, Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí and Santiago Rubió i Tudurí, also became an architect and an engineer, respectively. It seems like building and design ran in their family!
His Work as an Architect
Joan Rubió was a close student and friend of the famous architect Antoni Gaudí. They worked together on many incredible projects until 1905. Some of their most famous collaborations include:
- La Sagrada Família: A huge, unfinished church in Barcelona.
- The Casa Batlló: A unique and colorful building in Barcelona.
- The Parc Güell: A beautiful park with amazing structures in Barcelona.
- The restoration of La Seu: Helping to fix up the big cathedral in Palma de Mallorca.
Rubió also helped design buildings in a special "factory town" called Colònia Güell in Santa Coloma de Cervelló. Here, he built a building for farmers (an agricultural cooperative) with Francesc Berenguer in 1900. He also designed two private homes there: Ca l'Ordal (1894) and Ca l'Espinal (1900). When he designed houses, he often liked to add a special type of window called a bow window on the corners. These windows stick out from the building, letting in more light and offering wider views.
Besides designing buildings, Joan Rubió was also involved in local government. He was a regidor (which means a councillor) for the Barcelona City Council in 1905. Later, from 1906 to 1943, he worked as an architect for the Province of Barcelona.
You can also see Rubió's architecture on the Balearic Islands, especially on Mallorca. In the town of Sóller, he designed the front (or façade) of the Church of Sant Bartomeu in 1904. He also designed the Banco de Sóller (Bank of Sóller) in 1912, which is famous for its beautiful and detailed ironwork, especially the wrought iron designs.
Some of His Important Buildings
Many of these buildings were created with his mentor, Antoni Gaudí.
- La Sagrada Familia
- The Casa Batlló
- The Casa Calvet
- The Torre Bellesguard
- Parc Güell in Barcelona
- The restoration of La Seu (the cathedral of Palma de Mallorca)
- 1894: Ca l'Ordal - in Colònia Güell (a factory town)
- 1900: Agricultural cooperative building with Francesc Berenguer - in Colònia Güell
- 1900: Ca l'Espinal - a private home in Colònia Güell
- 1901: Casa Golferichs in Barcelona
- 1904: façade of the church of Sant Bartomeu - Sóller, on Mallorca
- 1912: Façade of Banco de Sóller with cool ironwork - Sóller
- 1928: Neo-gothic bridge over Carrer del Bisbe, in Barcelona
Images for kids
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A Modernisme style house by Bellver in Catalonia.
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A bow window on the Casa Pomar.
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Casa Golferichs in Barcelona.
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Ca l'Espinal, a private home in the Colònia Güell (factory town).
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See also
In Spanish: Juan Rubió para niños
