Joan Amigó i Barriga

Joan Amigó i Barriga (1875–1958) was a Spanish architect, a late representative of the modernism and the most important of this style in Badalona.

Life He was born in Badalona on 27 January 1875, son of Francesca Barriga i Torner and Ramon Amigó i Umbert, a chocolatier. The origins of the family are in Canyet, a farmer neighbourhood on the mountain. Soon after his birth, his father died and his mother married again with Jaume Botey i Garriga, a general contractor who influenced Amigó to study architecture and with whom he had his first contact with construction and other related tasks.

First he studied in Liceu Políglota of Barcelona and then architecture in the Architecture High Technique School in the same city and obtained the degree in 1900. Most of their buildings are located in Badalona, where from 1914 to 1924 was municipal architect. Appointed as a member of the construction council of Sant Josep parish, he was the architect of the church for many years. He died in Badalona on 30 December 1958.

Style Amigó is part of the second modernist generation, later than Gaudí, Domènech i Montaner or Puig i Cadafalch. Belong to the same college promotion the architect Antoni de Falguera, and the next was that of Salvador Valeri and Alexandre Soler. This generation lived the modernism as a more established trend that did not represent anymore a break with tradition, on the contrary modernism became a tradition.

He is a follower of the modernism, but also receives the news from Europe with influences of the Vienna Secession and even the Glasgow School. These new trends are present in houses Enric Pavillard (1906), Serra Vinyas (1907) and Enric Mir (1908). The last is the most influenced by the Secession and even by Mackintosh. His works include also some factories like Gottardo de Andreis or Can Casacuberta with influences of Wagner, Mackintosh and Olbrich. 1903 Escola Germans Maristes C. Temple, 15-19

1904 Tomb of Francesc d'A. Guixeras Old Cemetery

1905 Casa Andreu Clarós C. Pietat, 12

1905 Casa Pau Rodon C. Museu, 18

1906 Casa Enric Pavillard Av. Martí Pujol, 23

1906/1909 Gottardo de Andreis Factory C. Indústria, 89

1906/1919 Anís del Mono Distillery C. Eduard Maristany, 115

1907 Casa Miquel Badia C. Sant Pere, 4

1907 Casa Serra Vinyas (disappeared) C. Enric Borràs, 7 1907 Tomb of Bosch family Old Cemetery

1907/1920 Can Casacuberta Factory C. Dos de Maig, 27

1908 Casa Leonard Le Prévost Av. Martí Pujol, 37-39

1908-09 Casa Enric Mir Av. Martí Pujol, 45-47

1908 Casa Lluís Paquín C. Enric Borràs, 27

1909 Casa i taller Joan Tolrà C. Enric Borràs, 19-25

1912 Casa Pere Busquets C. Temple, 25

1913 Creu de Montigalà Turó de Montigalà

1916 Casa Jaume Botey C. Gaietà Soler, 1

1917 Casa Domènech Planas Av. Martí Pujol, 188

1920 Church of Sant Josep Pl. Rector Rifé

1921-23 Casa Rafael Gafarel·lo C. Enric Borràs, 18

1922 Fountain of Pau Casals Square Pl. Pau Casals

1923 Casa Prat Bosch C. Mar, 15

1923–24 Casa Antoni Lleal C. Francesc Macià, 104

1924 Casa Fèlix Gallent C. Temple, 27

1924 Drogueria Boter C. Mar, 71

1924 Farmàcia Serentill C. Mar, 23

1930 Farmàcia Surroca C. Mar, 76

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