Josep Puig i Cadafalch. (17 October 1867 – Barcelona, 21 December 1956) was a modernism architect who designed significant buildings in Barcelona. He was the architect of the Casa Martí (also known as "Els Quatre Gats"), which became a place of ideas, projects and social gatherings for such well-known Catalans as Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas.
Although Puig's style separated him significantly from his contemporary Gaudí, have relations as the construction of the Cafe Torino. Another of his significant buildings was the Casa Terrades (also known as "les Punxes").
Puig was actively involved in politics. He published studies of language, legal order and political organisation in the 11th-12th centuries. Amongst his important legacies is also the documentation and photographing of the culturally important buildings and art works the Vall d'Aran and Alta Ribagorça (including the Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí) during an expedition sponsored by the Institute for Catalan Studies in 1907.
Although Puig's style separated him significantly from his contemporary Gaudí, have relations as the construction of the Cafe Torino. Another of his significant buildings was the Casa Terrades (also known as "les Punxes").
Puig was actively involved in politics. He published studies of language, legal order and political organisation in the 11th-12th centuries. Amongst his important legacies is also the documentation and photographing of the culturally important buildings and art works the Vall d'Aran and Alta Ribagorça (including the Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí) during an expedition sponsored by the Institute for Catalan Studies in 1907.
