Step inside Gaudí’s first major creation

In 1882, a young Antoni Gaudnow considered one of Spains greatest architectswas shown a plot of scrubland filled with yellow zinnia flowers in the Grcia district of Barcelona. There, he would build his first major commission: a private home for the stockbroker Manuel Vicens Montaner.That house, completed in 1888, is due to open to the public in late 2017. Casa Vicens is the first Gaud masterpiece, says Mercedes Mora, the executive manager of the 2.5m project. The houses original layout, includi