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History and description:
Designed by Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert and built between 1915 and 1930.
Can Negre is located in a town - Sant Joan Despí - close to Barcelona. 
The commission of the refurbishment works of that old "masia" - the traditional rural Catalan house - was made to Jujol by his owner, the lawyer and important land owner Pere Negre i Jover, who was the aim to dignify it - see the drawing at the end of the page on previous house aspect -. Jujol applied his enormous imagination to develop a special design for the façade and interiors remembering the baroque style.
In addition of the undulated culmination and the general façade design, the most peculiar element is the central gallery resembling a coach.   
The interior show a very interesting octagonal stair culminated by a plafond decorated with designs in blue and white. Other interesting rooms are the chapel with an impressive decoration in blue, white, red and gold colors and forged iron, and the dining room. 

Outside:

Façade details:

Decorative elements around the building: 

		Ceramic seats
The pergola

Inside:

House interior details:

Plafond on stairs ceiling *	Wall paintings *	Inside the gallery *	Wall paintings *
Decorated door *	Loft *

The chapel:  

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Original drawings of Jujol: 

The house before Jujol works *	Project drawing of Jujol *

The images signaled with a _* are published under the authorization of Sant Joan Despí Municipality 

Selected LINKS to other websites on Can Negre

Specific Bibliography on Casa Negre