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Casa Sayrach

Name: Casa Sayrach
Rating: 4.7

4.7 ·

Discover Casa Sayrach, a wave-shaped Modernisme apartment building tucked along Diagonal. Look up from the street to trace its flowing balconies and sculptural stonework, a late-style gem overlooked by most visitors.

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Reasons to go

Completed in 1918, it represents one of the late, more sculptural extremes of Modernisme after many leading architects had moved on stylistically.
Designed by Manuel Sayrach i Carreras, an architect far less documented than Gaudí or Puig i Cadafalch.
It remains a privately owned residential building with no public interior access, viewable only from the street on Avinguda Diagonal.

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Full description

Completed in 1918, Casa Sayrach came at the tail end of the Modernisme movement, after many of its leading architects had already moved on stylistically, and its flowing balconies and organic stonework show the style pushed to one of its later, more sculptural extremes. Designed by Manuel Sayrach i Carreras, an architect far less documented than Gaudí or Puig i Cadafalch, the building remains privately owned and residential, with no public interior access.

Its handful of reviews, almost entirely in Catalan and Spanish, suggest it's barely known outside architecture circles despite a near-perfect rating from those who've sought it out. A genuine hidden gem for Modernisme completists walking Diagonal, best appreciated from the street.

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Address

Av. Diagonal, 423, Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain · Eixample

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

15 min

Best time

morning or afternoon

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

This is purely an exterior visit, as it's a private residential building with no public access
it sits on Avinguda Diagonal near Carrer d'Enric Granados, easy to combine with other Diagonal Modernisme stops
go in good daylight to appreciate the sculpted stonework and balcony details.

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Reviews

Edifici modernista però del final, de l'any 1918 quan molts arquitectes ja han abandonat aquest estil, es troba, situat a l'avda Diagonal de Barcelona, cantonada amb Enric Granaados. Poc conegut però molt interessant. El vestíbul i l'escala impressionants

Jesús Castillo Cervelló

1/5

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