Editing Eixample (section)

==Architecture and design==
The Eixample is characterized by long straight streets, a strict [[grid pattern]] crossed by wide avenues, and square blocks with [[chamfer#architecture|chamfered corners]] (named ''illes'' in Catalan, ''manzanas'' in Spanish). 

This was a visionary, pioneering design by [[Ildefons Cerdà]], who considered traffic and transport along with sunlight and ventilation in coming up with his characteristic [[octagon]]al blocks, where the streets broaden at every intersection making for greater visibility, better ventilation and (today) some short-term parking areas. 

It also provided an area for horse-drawn wagons and carriages to easily turn around. The grid pattern remains as a hallmark of Barcelona, but many of his other provisions were ignored: the four sides of the blocks and the inner space were built instead of the planned two or three sides around a garden; the streets were narrower; only one of the two diagonal avenues was carried out; the inhabitants were of a higher class than the mixed composition dreamed of by Cerdà.  

The important needs of the inhabitants were incorporated into his plan, which called for markets, schools, hospitals every so many blocks. Today, most of the markets remain open in the spots they have been from the beginning.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Institute|first=Satellite Art|title=Eixample, Barcelona, Spain|url=https://satelliteartinstitute.com/products/eixample-barcelona-spain-satellite-art-image|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023050908/https://satelliteartinstitute.com/products/eixample-barcelona-spain-satellite-art-image|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 23, 2020|access-date=2021-04-02|website=Satellite Art Institute|language=en}}</ref>

Some parts of the Eixample were influenced by [[modernisme|''Modernista'']] architects, chief among whom was [[Antoni Gaudi|Antoni Gaudí]]. His work in the Eixample includes the [[Casa Milà]] (nicknamed ''La Pedrera'') and the [[Casa Batlló]], both of which are on the wide [[Passeig de Gràcia]], as well as the [[Sagrada Família]]. Other architects who made highly significant, and certainly more numerous, contributions to giving the Eixample its characteristic appearance include [[Josep Puig i Cadafalch]], [[Josep Domènech i Estapà]], [[Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas]] and perhaps above all [[Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia]], responsible for a total of over 500 buildings in the city (not all of them in the Eixample).<ref>Barjau, Santi: Enric Sagnier, Labor, Barcelona, 1992. {{ISBN|84-335-4802-6}}</ref>

The Casa Terrades, better known as [[Casa de les Punxes]] and replete with medieval allusions, stands at the junction of Av. Diagonal with Carrer Rosselló. It was built in 1903–1905 by the ''Modernista'' architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, who used Nordic Gothic and Spanish [[Plateresque]] resources side by side, along with traditional Catalan motifs.<ref>Hernàndez-Cros, Josep Emili (ed.). ''Catàleg del Patrimoni Arquitectònic Històrico-Artístic de la Ciutat de Barcelona'', Barcelona, Ajuntament de Barcelona, 1987</ref>

The [[Casa Batlló]] is part of a block called the [[Illa de la Discòrdia]],  along with two other notable ''Modernista'' works, [[Lluís Domènech i Montaner]]'s [[Casa Lleó Morera]] and Josep Puig i Cadafalch's [[Casa Amatller]]. The block is so named due to the visual clash between the buildings; its Spanish name, ''Manzana de la Discordia'', is also a pun on [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]]'s [[Apple of Discord]] – ''manzana'' means both "apple" and "city block".

The square architecture of Eixample was the main inspiration for the controversial [[FC Barcelona#Kits and crest|jersey checkerboard design]] introduced by [[FC Barcelona]] in 2019 instead of the traditional stripes, and used until the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homage to Barcelona: Launch of third strip for 2018/19 season |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/860590/homage-to-barcelona-launch-of-third-strip-for-201819-season |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.fcbarcelona.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New FC Barcelona jersey expresses the Club’s passion for the city |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/1234297/new-fc-barcelona-jersey-expresses-the-clubs-passion-for-the-city |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.fcbarcelona.com |language=en}}</ref>