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{{Short description|1900 building in Barcelona by Antoni Gaudí}}
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'''Casa Calvet''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈkazə kəlˈβɛt}}) is a building, designed by [[Antoni Gaudí]] for a textile manufacturer which served as both a commercial property (in the basement and on the ground floor) and a residence. It is located at [[Carrer de Casp]] 48, [[Eixample]] district of [[Barcelona]]. It was built between 1898 and 1900.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1366&bih=637&ei=RrMiWvikKIjLkgXV1b7IBw&q=when+was+Casa+Calvet+built&oq=when+was+Casa+Calvet+built&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i30k1.1229153.1229153.0.1229833.1.1.0.0.0.0.85.85.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.84....0.oHOhYDdu5ts|title=when was Casa Calvet built - Google Search|website=www.google.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-12-02}}</ref>

Gaudí scholars agree that this building is the most conventional of his works, partly because it had to be squeezed in between older structures and partly because it was sited in one of the most elegant sections of Barcelona. Its symmetry, balance and orderly rhythm are unusual for Gaudí's works. However, the curves and double gable at the top, the projecting oriel at the entrance — almost baroque in its drama, and isolated witty details are ''modernista'' elements.

Bulging balconies alternate with smaller, shallower balconies. Mushrooms above the oriel at the center allude to the owner's favorite hobby.

Columns flanking the entrance are in the form of stacked [[bobbin]]s — an allusion to the family business of textile manufacture. Lluís Permanyer claims that "the gallery at ground level is the façade's most outstanding feature, a daring combination of wrought iron and stone in which decorative historical elements such as a cypress, an olive tree, horns of plenty, and the [[Catalonia|Catalan]] coat of arms can be discerned".

Three sculpted heads at the top also allude to the owner: One is Sant Pere Màrtir Calvet i Carbonell (the owner's father) and two are patron saints of [[Vilassar de Mar|Vilassar]], Andreu Calvet's home town.

Between 1899 and 1906, the Arts Building Annual Award (Concurso annual de edificios artísticos) awarded  modernist pieces, like the Casa Calvet, the [[Casa Lleó Morera]] and the [[Casa Trinxet]].<ref>{{Harvsp|Lahuerta|2001|p=9.}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Gaudí buildings]]

== References ==
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===Bibliography===
* {{citation |last=Lahuerta|first=Juan José |others=Pere Vivas i Ricard Pla, photographer |title=Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Gaudí|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvHxAQAACAAJ|access-date=7 March 2012|date=2001|publisher=Triangle Postals|isbn=978-84-8478-025-0}}

==See also==
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* [[List of Modernisme buildings in Barcelona]]
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[[Category:Houses completed in 1904]]
[[Category:1900s architecture]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Barcelona]]
[[Category:Palaces in Barcelona]]
[[Category:Modernisme architecture in Barcelona]]
[[Category:Antoni Gaudí buildings]]
[[Category:Eixample]]
[[Category:Art Nouveau houses]]