LLUIS DOMENECH'S ARCHITECTURAL IDEA IN HIS ARTICLE "IN SEARCH OF A NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE" : A study on Lluis Domenech i Montaner Part 1

Abstract

This paper deals with the architectural idea of Lluis Domenech i Montaner, one of the most important architects in Catalonia, from the second half of the 19th-century to the beginning of the 20th-century, by reading through his article "In search of a national architecture" on 1878. From the analysis of it, it is clarified as follows: 1) "A national architecture" means the conception of a national and modern architecture. 2) The nationality of the architecture consists of the two traditional styles, Gothic and Mudejar in Spain. 3) The idea of "a national architecture" is regarded as the new and essential eclecticism.