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Casa Bonaventura Ferrer: the 'palauet' of Passeig de Gràcia
The Casa Bonaventura Ferrer is another of the modernist buildings that inhabit the Passeig de Gràcia. Today converted into a luxury hotel, this building dates back to 1905, a time when this prominent promenade of Barcelona was filled with buildings that competed to be the most exuberant. Although it may go unnoticed at first, the Casa Bonaventura Ferrer is a hidden treasure hidden behind a narrow stone facade.
The five floors of the former residence of the Bonaventura Ferrer family occupy number 113 Passeig de Gràcia. Its construction was commissioned to the modernist architect Pere Falqués i Urpí. He already had extensive experience in this field, as he had signed several works in Barcelona, such as the Torre de les Aigües del Besós or the Clot Market.
The Bonaventura Ferrer House condenses the main elements of the modernist style in the same building, much less ostentatious than its neighbors. A good example is the combination of stone and iron, two materials that usually go hand in hand in the architecture of this period. In the case of this building, its letter of introduction is a stone façade with a magnificent tribune also sculpted in this material. Likewise, the wrought iron balconies stand out, adding expressiveness to the whole.
The modernist movement continually sought inspiration in nature. In the Casa Bonaventura Ferrer this element is key, as reflected in the plant ornamentation. The finishing touch to the main façade is the baroque detail at the top of the building.
But let’s go into the bowels of this palace. In spite of having been restored, it still conserves in the interior delicate works of cabinetmaking, ornamental ceilings and stained glass windows. The exquisiteness of its design has been declared Historical-Artistic Heritage of Barcelona in 1979.
Since 2010, the Casa Bonaventura Ferrer houses the Palauet Living Barcelona, a charming hotel that, as its name suggests, has managed to maintain the essence of this modernist palace that has nothing to envy to other buildings on Passeig de Gràcia.
This luxury hotel has taken advantage of the privileged location of the property to install a spa on the rooftop, so spectacular views are assured.
More than a century after its construction, the Casa Bonaventura Ferrer is an obligatory stop for all those interested in the history of the city. It is one more piece of the puzzle to understand the heyday experienced by the Passeig de Gràcia, still in the mid-nineteenth century a simple dusty road that communicated with the municipality of Gràcia. Buildings like the ‘palauet’ help to understand the splendor that this avenue experienced only a few years later, becoming an object of desire for the bourgeois class of Barcelona.
