Antoni Gaudi: Google doodles the Spanish architect's 161st birthday - IBNLive

New Delhi: The Google letters on the doodle to commemorate Antoni Gaudi's 161st birth anniversary are made up of six landmark works of the Spanish architect. Antoni Gaudi's designs had a distinctive style that were characterised by freedom of form, voluptuous colours and texture. His works are mainly concentrated in an around the city of Barcelona. The still-uncompleted Sagrada Família is said to be his masterpiece and it is one of the most visited monuments in Spain. Much of Gaudi's career was spent in its construction. Antoni Gaudi's creations had a distinctive style that were characterised by freedom of form, voluptuous colours and texture. Born on June 25, 1852, Antoni Gaudi came up with new techniques in the treatment of materials, such as trencadis, made of waste ceramic pieces. Between 1984 and 2005, UNESCO declared seven of his works World Heritage Sites. Gaudi died on June 10, 1926. He was 73. Also See Google doodles Antoni Gaudi's 161st birthday Google cultures a Julius Richard Petri doodle on 6 Petri dishes Google's Mother's Day doodle is a card building machine Disassembled: The nine doodles in the Saul Bass Google doodle (For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest) #antoni gaudi #google doodles #architecture #spain Must watch Uttarakhand: Civil administration conspicuous by its absence in Harsil Watch India @ 9 with Bhupendra Chaubey NDMA backs rescue work, says there were no lack of coordination Are Uttarakhand rescue operations caught in political tug of war? via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGOrMii2HRSZRHrh6t2MSTARSFXvg&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/antoni-gaudi-google-doodles-the-spanish-architects-161st-birthday/401540-11.html

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