Marceliano Coquillat
Marceliano Coquillat | |
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 Marceliano Coquillat pictured in 1903 | |
| Born | November 1865 |
| Died | 28 December 1924 (aged 59) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Other names | Marcel·lià Coquillat i Llofriu |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Casa Maestre, Cartagena; Sarrià Market, Barcelona; Casa Bonet, Barcelona |
Marcel·lià Coquillat i Llofriu (November 1865 – 28 December 1924) was a Spanish architect of the Modernisme and Noucentisme movements.
He was born in 1865 in Elche, Valencia, and studied architecture in Barcelona, graduating in 1892.
Career[edit]
Developing his style in shadow of prominent Catalan architects such as Lluis Domenech i Montaner, Coquillat established himself as a noted proponent of the Modernista style in Catalunya. Most of his work is centred in Barcelona and San Justo Desvern.[1][2]
Coquillat collaborated with other architects, such as Arnald Calvet i Peyronill on the market in Sarrià market and the Villa Conchita, and with Juli Marial i Tey on the Sant Miquel Tower in La Garriga.[1][3]
Noted buildings[edit]
Between 1903 and 1905 he carried out restoration work on the Basilica of Santa María in his hometown of Elche. In 1906, Coquillat collaborated with architect Víctor Beltrí on a commission from the Maestre Pérez mining family to build Casa Maestre on Plaza de San Francisco in Cartagena. The facade of this strikingly ornate Moderniste house bears prominent Neo-Rococo features.[4]
One of Coquillat's most noted buildings was the Hotel del Histógeno Llopis on the Paseo de Rosales, Madrid, a project for the pharmaceuticals entrepreneur Adolfo Llopis Castelado. The hotel was built 1912-1914 in the Catalan Modernist style, and was highly acclaimed by his contemporaries. The building was heavily ornamented and featured a prominent loggia and balustrades, and was topped with an ornate cupola. The hotel was demolished in the 1970s.[2][5]
In 1915, Coquillat was commissioned to remodel the facade of the Casa Bonet in the fashionable Eixample district of Barcelona. Neighbouring houses on this block had been remodelled in a variety of clashing styles of the Modernista movement, giving the row of houses the nickname the Illa de la Discòrdia (Mansana de la Discòrdia).[6] Coquillat moved away from the outlandish forms of Modernisme and chose instead to style the facade along relatively conservative Italianate Neo-Baroque lines.[7] In contrast to the neighbouring Casa Amatller (Cadafalch, 1900) and Casa Batlló (Gaudí, 1904), Coquillat's Casa Bonet is generally overlooked.[8][9]
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Basílica de Santa María de Elche (restoration 1903-5) -
Casa Maestre, Cartagena (1906) -
Edificio de la Mutua, Elche (1910) -
Sarrià Market building (1911) -
Casa Bonet, Barcelona (1911) -
Villa Conchita, Barcelona (1912) -
Torre Sant Miquel, la Garriga (1912)
Death and memorials[edit]
Coquillat died aged 60 on 28 December 1924 at Busot, Alacantí.[10]
The town of Elche honoured Coquillat with the title "Hijo Predilecto" (most favourite son) in 1905, and erected monuments to him in the town hall and the church. A street in the town is named after Coquillat.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Coquillat i Llofriu, Marcel·lià". artnouveau.eu. Art Nouveau European Route. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b Aranda, Oscar da Rocha (2009). El modernismo en la arquitectura madrileña: genesis y desarrollo de una opción ecléctica (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 313. ISBN 9788400088897. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "TORRE SANT MIQUEL - JULIO MARIAL TEY". invarquit.cultura.gencat.cat. Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Maestre House/Casa Maestre". All You Need In Murcia. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Valero, Eduardo (4 January 2015). "Historia Urbana de Madrid: El lujoso hotel del Histógeno Llopis". Historia Urbana de Madrid. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Venteo, Daniel (2014). Barcelona: A Historical Guide to the Contemporary City. MARGE BOOKS. ISBN 9788415340928. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Sales Encinas, Ramón (2016). "Casa Bonet". Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Casa Bonet - Barcelona - Passeig de Gràcia - Pobles de Catalunya". www.poblesdecatalunya.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Cercador Patrimoni Arquitèctonic: CASA BONET". w123.bcn.cat. Adjuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Rojas, Javier Pérez (1986). Cartagena, 1874-1936 (transformación urbana y arquitectura) (in Spanish). EDITUM. p. 501. ISBN 978-84-7564-038-9. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Coquillat y Llofriu, Marceliano". Memoria Digital de Elche (in Spanish). Cátedra Pedro Ibarra, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
External links[edit]
- "Marcel-lià Coquillat i Llofriu". Barcelona Modernista. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- Palantir, Publicado por (21 September 2018). "Marceliano Coquillat y la restauración de Santa María" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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