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Marceliano Coquillat

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Marceliano Coquillat
Marceliano Coquillat pictured in 1903
BornNovember 1865
Died28 December 1924(1924-12-28) (aged 59)
NationalitySpanish
Other namesMarcel·lià Coquillat i Llofriu
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsCasa Maestre, Cartagena; Sarrià Market, Barcelona; Casa Bonet, Barcelona

Marcel·lià Coquillat i Llofriu (November 1865 – 28 December 1924) was a Spanish architect of the Modernisme and Noucentisme movements.

He was born in 1865 in Elche, Valencia, and studied architecture in Barcelona, graduating in 1892.

Career

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Developing his style in shadow of prominent Catalan architects such as Lluis Domenech i Montaner, Coquillat established himself as a noted proponent of the Modernista style in Catalunya. Most of his work is centred in Barcelona and San Justo Desvern.[1][2]

Coquillat collaborated with other architects, such as Arnald Calvet i Peyronill on the market in Sarrià market and the Villa Conchita, and with Juli Marial i Tey on the Sant Miquel Tower in La Garriga.[1][3]

Noted buildings

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Between 1903 and 1905 he carried out restoration work on the Basilica of Santa María in his hometown of Elche. In 1906, Coquillat collaborated with architect Víctor Beltrí on a commission from the Maestre Pérez mining family to build Casa Maestre on Plaza de San Francisco in Cartagena. The facade of this strikingly ornate Moderniste house bears prominent Neo-Rococo features.[4]

One of Coquillat's most noted buildings was the Hotel del Histógeno Llopis on the Paseo de Rosales, Madrid, a project for the pharmaceuticals entrepreneur Adolfo Llopis Castelado. The hotel was built 1912-1914 in the Catalan Modernist style, and was highly acclaimed by his contemporaries. The building was heavily ornamented and featured a prominent loggia and balustrades, and was topped with an ornate cupola. The hotel was demolished in the 1970s.[2][5]

In 1915, Coquillat was commissioned to remodel the facade of the Casa Bonet in the fashionable Eixample district of Barcelona. Neighbouring houses on this block had been remodelled in a variety of clashing styles of the Modernista movement, giving the row of houses the nickname the Illa de la Discòrdia (Mansana de la Discòrdia).[6] Coquillat moved away from the outlandish forms of Modernisme and chose instead to style the facade along relatively conservative Italianate Neo-Baroque lines.[7] In contrast to the neighbouring Casa Amatller (Cadafalch, 1900) and Casa Batlló (Gaudí, 1904), Coquillat's Casa Bonet is generally overlooked.[8][9]

Death and memorials

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Coquillat died aged 60 on 28 December 1924 at Busot, Alacantí.[10]

The town of Elche honoured Coquillat with the title "Hijo Predilecto" (most favourite son) in 1905, and erected monuments to him in the town hall and the church. A street in the town is named after Coquillat.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Coquillat i Llofriu, Marcel·lià". artnouveau.eu. Art Nouveau European Route. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Aranda, Oscar da Rocha (2009). El modernismo en la arquitectura madrileña: genesis y desarrollo de una opción ecléctica (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 313. ISBN 9788400088897. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. ^ "TORRE SANT MIQUEL - JULIO MARIAL TEY". invarquit.cultura.gencat.cat. Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Maestre House/Casa Maestre". All You Need In Murcia. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. ^ Valero, Eduardo (4 January 2015). "Historia Urbana de Madrid: El lujoso hotel del Histógeno Llopis". Historia Urbana de Madrid. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  6. ^ Venteo, Daniel (2014). Barcelona: A Historical Guide to the Contemporary City. MARGE BOOKS. ISBN 9788415340928. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  7. ^ Sales Encinas, Ramón (2016). "Casa Bonet". Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Casa Bonet - Barcelona - Passeig de Gràcia - Pobles de Catalunya". www.poblesdecatalunya.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Cercador Patrimoni Arquitèctonic: CASA BONET". w123.bcn.cat. Adjuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  10. ^ Rojas, Javier Pérez (1986). Cartagena, 1874-1936 (transformación urbana y arquitectura) (in Spanish). EDITUM. p. 501. ISBN 978-84-7564-038-9. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Coquillat y Llofriu, Marceliano". Memoria Digital de Elche (in Spanish). Cátedra Pedro Ibarra, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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