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Works:
In Barcelona:
Comalat
House
(1906 - 1911)
Espona
House (1915)
Llaudet House (1915)
Ramon Casas House (1899)
Camèlies Street, 5 & 7 Houses
Villa Sant Jordi (1908)
In L'Ametlla del
Vallès:
Sindreu
House
In Igualada:
Cíclop Factory (1944)
In
El Papiol:
Bou
House (1914)
In Sant Andreu de la
Barca:
Casino (1924)
In Sant
Esteve Sesrovires:
Cellars
In Sant
Vicenç del Horts:
Gensana
House
Prats Factory
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Biography:
Born in Barcelona in 1873.
Valeri studied at the Polytechnical School of Madrid and
the School of Architecture of Barcelona, where
he obtained the degree of
architect in 1899.
His work is characterized by spectacular façades of
undulating design, following the
criteri common to
Art Nouveau, complete with
exuberant sculptural decoration with vegetal
formd in a variety of designs.
Some of Valeri i Pupurull's buildings also have great ceramic friezes
in very imaginative forms which often break
with any previous architectonic design.
In addition to the residential work he constructed in
Barcelona and its surroundings,
he also built a Casino in Sant Andreu
de la Barca (Baix Llobregat), some
cellars in Sant Esteve Sesrovires and the Cíclop Factory
in Igualada (Anoia).
His most spectacular work is
perhaps the Comalat House built
between 1906 and 1911 in Barcelona,
following the structure with two separated façades of a very peculiar
differences in their respective styles as the
Palau of the Baró de Quadras by the architect
Puig i Cadafalch which is located in front of it in the
same avenue. The main façade also has a
solemn Modernisme (Catalan Art Nouveau) based on the
construction in stone but with a sober stone color,
the back façade presents a slight
aspect with abundant and original
ceramic colorist decoration .
Valeri belongs to the second generation of modernist architects in
which prestigious architects like Muncunill
- author of the Masia Freixa in Terrassa (Vallès
Occidental) - are also included.
Salvador Valeri i Pupurull died in Barcelona in 1954.
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