Marceliano Coquillat

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

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

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

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]

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]

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.[10]

Noted buildings
  • Basílica de Santa María de Elche (restoration 1903-5)
  • Casa Maestre, Cartagena (1906)
  • Edificio de la Mutua, Elche (1910)
  • Sarrià Market building (1911)
  • Casa Bonet, Barcelona (1911)
  • Villa Conchita, Barcelona (1912)
  • Torre Sant Miquel, la Garriga (1912)

References
  1. "Coquillat i Llofriu, Marcel·lià". artnouveau.eu. Art Nouveau European Route. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. 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. "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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