Antoni Gaudi Casa Batllo Bench

Bench for Casa Batllo, designed after a model by Antoni Gaudi. Manufactured in Barcelona by BD. Sculpted solid varnished oak. Antoni Gaudi´ (1852-1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus and the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism...

Batllo bench, Antonio Gaudí 1906 Dimensions: 94 x 183 x 129 cm Materials: dark varnished oak Solid dark varnished oak or natural (colourless) varnis...

Solid oak. A company that has always attributed such great importance to the author of the designs could never forget the great figures in history. That is why the BD catalogue of contemporary creations has always included those by admired classical masters. Antoni Gaudí (1852/1926) is, without doubt, the most internationally well-known Spanish architect. But is not only his buildings and brilliant architectural solutions that have travelled the globe. His integrated conception of architecture led him to pay attention, not only to structural calculations, but also to all the decorative elements, including furniture, that would form part of the building. The admiration felt by modern designers for the furniture designed by Gaudí has not gone unnoticed by BD which was the first company to rescue them from history by embarking on their serial production using traditional art and craft techniques and the same materials –varnished solid oak– in order to reproduce all the rich detail displayed by the originals when they were first produced. The Batlló bench...

Originally designed by Spanish Modernist Architect Antoni Gaudí in 1907, to be placed in the dining room of Casa Batlló, the Batlló Chair was one of the first signs of ergonomic furn...