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1904
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1904 - 1906
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1906
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Dr. Sebastià Bassa Barbany House
Manuel Joaquim Raspall i Mayol
Building between partition walls, composed of a ground floor and two floors, covered on two sides with a flat façade of symmetrical composition. The façade is made with different materials: masonry, exposed brick and ceramics. All of them play an important role in the composition and decoration. The arch of the openings is made of bricks and rests on ceramic borders. The irons of the railings and the balcony are also significant because they represent the most identifying element of Raspall's first modernist stage: the "rope" motif, a vegetal stylisation that goes beyond the jamb and goes organically into the same work. Thus, the formal elements (balcony, plinth, thresholds) correspond to the modernist language of Raspall's first stage. The Cafè de l'Ametlla is the most relevant work of the architect Raspall in L’Ametlla del Vallès. Raspall was then the municipal architect and as such he intervened in many of the projects at the beginning of the century. It was the moment of L’Ametlla's transformation as a summer resort frequented by the Barcelona bourgeoisie. -
Can Millet de Baix
Manuel Joaquim Raspall i Mayol
Isolated building that comes from the refurbishment of a farmhouse. It is composed of ground floor, floor and attic. The façades are flat, with a symmetrical composition. The roof is two-sided, and a lookout tower protrudes from it, finished with a four-sided roof, with a powerful eaves and a barbican crowned by interesting bars. It is a work renovated by M. J. Raspall, carried out in 1908, and belongs to his modernist period. If it weren't for the baroque play of ceramics and brick and the warm tone of the whole, this would be the closest Raspallian work to Puig i Cadafalch's white popularist series. Can Xammar de Dalt was initially a small farm that through the generations increased its properties until it came to possess a large heritage. In the 15th century the property of the Mas included all the land in the upper part of L’Ametlla, from Serrat de l'Ocata to Mas Antoja and from Mas Bosquets to Mas Forns. This great heritage gave the Xammar family a great social category. Until the beginning of our century, the Xammar house was a typical south-facing farmhouse with a two-sided roof, ground floor, floor and attic. On the façade there was an arched door and Gothic windows. Above the portal there was a stone indicating the year 1643. The farmhouse had been extended and improved. In 1906 the entire property was sold to Mr. Joan Millet. The new owner modified the exterior structure of the farmhouse. Inside, the farmhouse underwent few modifications and in general the compartments and rooms it had were preserved. In 1910 Joan Millet had to sell the farm to J. Sindreu. The refurbishment of Mas Xammar de Dalt was much discussed and criticised at the time by the people of L'Ametlla, who did not approve.1908
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City Hall and Public Schools
Manuel Joaquim Raspall i Mayol
Isolated building, aligned and elevated with respect to the level of the square, formed by a central body and two annexed lateral bodies. Its composition is symmetrical with respect to the axis that forms the central body. Of the central façade, the arch of the entrance door with two columns with capitals, the central balcony and the crowning inscribed with a sundial and the central motif of the geometric floral sgraffitos on the façade, stand out. On both sides of the central body there are the lateral bodies, with semi-circular arches lowered and tripartite by billet pillars. A stone plinth crowned with a group of billets unifies the three bodies. The central body was intended for town hall offices and the sides were intended for public schools, one for boys and one for girls, forming a characteristic ensemble of the early 20th century, a model also followed in several towns. The complex is part of L’Ametlla widening project, carried out by the then municipal architect Joaquim Raspall i Mayol around 1906.1910 - 1913
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1961 - 1962
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1966 - 1968
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Puig House
Gabriel Mora i Gramunt, Heliodoro Piñón Pallarés, Albert Viaplana i Veà
The house satisfies the specific program for a mother and her child, reproducing the dictated layout of each room and the definition of its particular use. The integration of all the spaces takes place through a staircase of continuous sections located on the longitudinal axis, which gives access to small areas separated by unevenness. A second hierarchy of stairs favours specific routes for each inhabitant. The roofs faithfully follow the slopes of the internal upward movement, and the walls of the façade extend to the limits of the plot, closing the plot and leaving only a gap for the entrance on foot.1972 - 1973
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Jiménez de Parga House
Gabriel Mora i Gramunt, Heliodoro Piñón Pallarés, Albert Viaplana i Veà
The house is located in a large estate, on the border between the municipalities of La Garriga and L'Ametlla del Vallès. The project responds to the isotropic and indifferent character of the site by means of an extensive implantation guided by a random geometry that defines each of the areas. The living room and the dining room, on the ground floor, and the master bedroom, on the upper floor, determine a clear façade plan facing the pool. The children's and guest bedrooms form a well-separated body at the rear. The open spaces penetrate to the heart of the house, where the staircase that connects both floors is located.1974
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Soler House
Located in a plot of land in the urban centre but qualified as a garden-city, the construction wants to express the intimacy that the ordinances deny it. The façade to the street is blind (it only expresses its geometry), as well as the north façade, opening a path to a south-facing garden where the swimming pool (the protagonist element) is privatised through a perforated façade that is the extension of the house and which increases its dimensions.1974 - 1975
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Uriach House
Bach-Mora Arquitectes, Jaume Bach i Núñez, Gabriel Mora i Gramunt
Simple volumes, large deck plans, overhangs that protect the house from the sun and rain, porches, contrast between the outside space and the introverted spaces of the courtyard, water collected in them... These are themes of vernacular architecture that are reinterpreted in this house located on an irregular and extensive plot in the town of L’Ametlla del Vallès.1987 - 1990