Which Spanish architect designed Park Güell in Barcelona?

Antoni Gaudí designed Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain.

Catalan industrialist and art patron Eusebi Güell commissioned Gaudí to develop the hillside site. Construction took place from 1900 to 1914, during Gaudí’s naturalist period, when organic forms, geometric structure and close study of nature became especially important to his work.

Park Güell was originally planned as an upscale residential estate inspired partly by the English garden-city movement. The ambitious scheme included plots for luxury homes, roads, gardens and shared public spaces, but the remote location attracted few buyers. Only two houses were built, and the property eventually became a public park.

Gaudí’s collaborators included Josep Maria Jujol, who designed the famous serpentine mosaic bench on the main terrace, and Francesc Berenguer. The park is often confused with Gaudí’s Sagrada Família or with work by Santiago Calatrava, but its dragon fountain, columned hall, viaducts and curving terrace are distinctive parts of this commission. UNESCO added Park Güell to the World Heritage list in 1984 as part of the Works of Antoni Gaudí.