Casa Lis (Museo Art Nouveau and Art Déco) - Salamanca, Spain
N 40° 57.591 W 005° 40.010
30T E 275567 N 4537725
The North facade of the house is one of the few examples of modernist (Art Nouveau) architecture in Salamanca.
Waymark Code: WMZ7BJ
Location: Castilla y León, Spain
Date Posted: 09/23/2018
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The Museum is an old mansion that was built for its first owner, Miguel de Lis, by Joaquin de Vargas y Aguirre, a provincial architect from Jerez de la Frontera. Don Miguel de Lis was the owner of a tannery which he had inherited from his father. The thriving business gave him a privileged economic position and he was well-travelled; he chose a modernist design.
Vargas planned the house around an interior courtyard that serves to distribute the rooms and designed a facade built with iron and glass following the precepts of industrial architecture. To save the existing slope until reaching the road, they adopted garden terraces and a grotto indoor rockery that lightens the whole. The result is one of the few examples of industrial architecture used for residential use.
Style: Art Nouveau
Structure Type: Residential
Architect: Joaquin de Vargas y Aguirre
Date Built: 1905
Supporting references: Not listed
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