Joan Amigó i Barriga

Joan Amigó i Barriga studied at Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona. The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Residence is recorded at Casa Jaume Botey. Work by Joan Amigó i Barriga is recorded in the collections of Museu d'Art Modern de Tarragona.

He was born in Badalona on 27 January 1875, son of Francesca Barriga i Torner and Ramon Amigó i Umbert, a chocolatier. The origins of the family are in Canyet, a farmer neighbourhood on the mountain. Soon after his birth, his father died and his mother married again with Jaume Botey i Garriga, a general contractor who influenced Amigó to study architecture and with whom he had his first contact with construction and other related tasks. First he studied in Liceu Políglota of Barcelona and then architecture in the Architecture High Technique School in the same city and obtained the degree in 1900. Most of their buildings are located in Badalona, where from 1914 to 1924 was municipal architect. Appointed as a member of the construction council of Sant Josep parish, he was the architect of the church for many years. He died in Badalona on 30 December 1958.

Amigó is part of the second modernist generation, later than Gaudí, Domènech i Montaner or Puig i Cadafalch. Belong to the same college promotion the architect Antoni de Falguera, and the next was that of Salvador Valeri and Alexandre Soler. This generation lived the modernism as a more established trend that did not represent anymore a break with tradition, on the contrary modernism became a tradition. He is a follower of the modernism, but also receives the news from Europe with influences of the Vienna Secession and even the Glasgow School. These new trends are present in houses Enric Pavillard (1906), Serra Vinyas (1907) and Enric Mir (1908). The last is the most influenced by the Secession and even by Mackintosh. His works include also some factories like Gottardo de Andreis or Can Casacuberta with influences of Wagner, Mackintosh and Olbrich. Many of his works are signed by his stepfather Jaume Botey because he could not sign private works when he was municipal architect.

• Year — Name — Location — Picture — Ref. • 1902 — Casa Matamala — C. Santa Madrona, 28 — • Illustration — Casa Matamala • 1903 — Escola Germans Maristes — C. Temple, 15-19 — • Illustration — Escola Germans Maristes • 1904 — Tomb of Francesc d'A. Guixeras — Old Cemetery — • Illustration — Tomb of Francesc d'A. Guixeras • 1905 — Casa Andreu Clarós — C. Pietat, 12 — • Illustration — Casa Andreu Clarós • 1905 — Casa Pau Rodon — C. Museu, 18 — • Illustration — Casa Pau Rodon • 1906 — Casa Enric Pavillard — Av. Martí Pujol, 23 — • Illustration — Casa Enric Pavillard • 1906/1909 — Gottardo de Andreis Factory — C. Indústria, 89 — • Illustration — Factory Gottardo de Andreis • 1906/1919 — Anís del Mono Distillery — C. Eduard Maristany, 115 — • Illustration — Distillery of Anís del Mono • 1907 — Casa Miquel Badia — C. Sant Pere, 4 — • Illustration — Casa Miquel Badia • 1907 — Casa Serra Vinyas (disappeared) — C. Enric Borràs, 7 • 1907 — Tomb of Bosch family — Old Cemetery — • Illustration — Tomb of Bosch family • 1907/1920 — Can Casacuberta Factory — C. Dos de Maig, 27 — • Illustration — Factory Can Casacuberta • 1908 — Casa Leonard Le Prévost — Av. Martí Pujol, 37-39 — • Illustration — Casa Leonard Le Prévost • 1908-09 — Casa Enric Mir — Av. Martí Pujol, 45-47 — • Illustration — Casa Enric Mir • 1908 — Casa Lluís Paquín — C. Enric Borràs, 27 — • Illustration — Casa Lluís Paquín • 1909 — Casa i taller Joan Tolrà — C. Enric Borràs, 19-25 — • Illustration — Casa i taller Joan Tolrà • 1912 — Casa Pere Busquets — C. Temple, 25 — • Illustration — Casa Pere Busquets • 1913 — Creu de Montigalà — Turó de Montigalà — • Illustration — Creu de Montigalà • 1916 — Casa Jaume Botey — C. Gaietà Soler, 1 — • Illustration — Casa Jaume Botey • 1917 — Casa Domènech Planas — Av. Martí Pujol, 188 — • Illustration — Casa Domènech Planas • 1920 — Church of Sant Josep — Pl. Rector Rifé — • Illustration — Church of Sant Josep • 1921-23 — Casa Rafael Gafarel·lo — C. Enric Borràs, 18 — • Illustration — Casa Rafael Gafarel·lo • 1922 — Fountain of Pau Casals Square — Pl. Pau Casals — • Illustration — Fountain of Pau Casals Square • 1923 — Casa Prat Bosch — C. Mar, 15 — • Illustration — Casa Prat Bosch • 1923–24 — Casa Antoni Lleal — C. Francesc Macià, 104 — • Illustration — Casa Antoni Lleal • 1924 — Casa Fèlix Gallent — C. Temple, 27 — • Illustration — Casa Fèlix Gallent • 1924 — Drogueria Boter — C. Mar, 71 — • Illustration — Drogueria Boter • 1924 — Farmàcia Serentill — C. Mar, 23 — • Illustration — Farmàcia Serentill • 1930 — Farmàcia Surroca — C. Mar, 76 — • Illustration — Farmàcia Surroca

• Year — Name — Location — Picture — Ref. • 1907 — Can Vicent Bosch (attribution) — C. Camprodon, 59. Arbúcies — • Illustration — Can Bosch • 1914 — Ca l'Arnau — C. Bellaire, 2. Malgrat de Mar — • Illustration — Ca l'Arnau • 1920 — Tomb of Vidal Xaus family — Cami de l'Alegria. Tiana

The following is established of the heading itself.

On origins, the institutional record states the following. Born in 1875 at Badalona. The register further records that joan Amigó i Barriga died in 1958 at Badalona.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.