That's sort of what happened. L'Eixample was the work of Ildefons Cerda, a 19th-century architect and planner who was fascinated by geometry and, in particular, by the grid system. In designing L ...

L'Eixample, the neighborhood Ildefons Cerdà created in Barcelona. He saw each block as a close-knit community. Most of us don’t think a whole lot about city blocks. They’re just there ...

Related: Superblock of Sant Antoni reclaims Barcelona streets for pedestrians The Eixample business district was developed in the 19th century by renowned urban planner Ildefons Cerdà.

(bright music) The architect for the Eixample was Ildefons Cerda and he had a revolutionary idea: fresh air. Good idea, right? Cerda wanted to create open, beautiful spaces for cramped city ...

El cas d'Ildefons Cerdà (Centelles, 1815-Besaya, Santander, 1876) cau de ple en el darrer supòsit. La seva gran obra, l'Eixample de Barcelona, el projecte del qual es va aprovar ara fa 150 anys ...

L’enginyer de camins, autor del Pla d’Eixample de Barcelona, aprovat el 1859, és Ildefons Cerdà i Sunyer (Santa Coloma de Centelles, 1815 - Caldas de Besaya, 1876). L’Eixample de Barcelona ...

O «Eixample, la forma de la ciutat», un passeig pels edificis de l'Eixample amb el qual es podrà apreciar de primera mà, sobre el terreny, com va ser finalment la Barcelona que es va edificar ...

It’s a pity Ildefons Cerda wasn’t more famous. That was my conclusion as I strolled along the streets of his chef d’oeuvre, the Eixample (ay-SHOM-pla) neighborhood of Barcelona. The Catalan ...

A little over a century ago, the urban planner Ildefons Cerdà was tasked with ... neighbourhood with broad boulevards, known as the Eixample (‘expansion’), that would open up the city and ...