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Tower located in the neighbourhood of Sarrià, next to Plaça de Borràs, between Via Augusta and Ronda de Dalt. It has a quadrangular plan, with a ground floor, a floor, and an attic, with an attached rectangular tower that has one more floor. On the main façade, taking up the central space of the ground floor, there is a polygonal tribune that protrudes as if it were an added body; in this tribune large rectangular windows open and are framed by stepped mouldings, above which there are large sculptural reliefs, and the body is crowned by a large molding that imitates the shapes of a capital. The rest of the openings on this floor are similar, decorated with stepped moulding. On the first floor there is a balcony with a stone base and iron railing, a large window in the centre with three sculptural reliefs above, and another rectangular window on the other side. In the main body, this level is topped off by a moulding that imitates a classical capital supported by pilasters that follow the wall; this same decoration is found in the tower but one floor higher. The attic openings are two portholes and a quadrangular window, while in the tower there is a slightly larger window. The main body is topped by a large cornice in the shape of a capital. Two small square windows open on the top floor of the tower and the upper finish is similar to that of the main body. All openings, including portholes, are framed by a stepped moulding.
The sculptural reliefs on the façade and a sculpture of a Venus in the Garden are the work of Rafael Solanic. On the ground floor, in the tribune, there is a music hall with a dome decorated with paintings by Francesc d’Assís Galí, with allegories of child musicians and goddesses.
This house was built to be the residence of Ramon Puig i Gairalt and his brother Antoni, also an architect.
The works, started in 1925, continued until the Civil War and the death of the architect in 1937, leaving the tower unfinished, which was completed later.
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