Editing Casa Milà (section)

===Design competitions===
The owner entered La Pedrera in the annual {{interlanguage link|Barcelona Artistic Buildings Competition|ca|Concurs anual d'edificis artístics|es|Concurso anual de edificios artísticos (Barcelona)}} sponsored by the Barcelona City Council (''[[Ayuntamiento (Spain)|Ayuntament]]''). Other entries in the competition included two works by [[Enric Sagnier|Sagnier]] (Calle Mallorca 264, and one on Corsica and [[Avinguda Diagonal|Av. Diagonal]]), the {{ill|Casa Gustà|ca}} by architect {{interlanguage link|Jaume Gustà|ca|Jaume Gustà i Bondia|es|Jaume Gustà}}, and the {{ill|Casa Pérez Samanillo|ca}}, designed by {{interlanguage link|Joan Josep Hervàs|ca|Joan Josep Hervás i Arizmendi|es|Joan Josep Hervàs}}. Although the most dramatic and clear favorite was Casa Milà,{{According to whom|date=February 2017}} the jury opined that even though the facades were complete, "there's still a lot left to do before it's fully completed, finalized and in a perfect state of appreciation."{{Verify quote|type=translation|date=February 2017}}<ref name="aac-1912">{{Cite book |language=es |title=Anuari de l'Asociación de arquitectos de Cataluña |trans-title=Annual of the Catalan Architects Association |url=http://www2.coac.net/biblioteca/anuario/Anuario1912.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www2.coac.net/biblioteca/anuario/Anuario1912.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |year=1912 |page=28 |quote=Esta decoración policroma, á la cual se dá extraordinaria importancia en el interior del edificio, se está ejectuando actualmente; y por la parte que se ha puesto de manifiesto al Jurado, es preciso reconocer que falta muchísimo para quedar completamente ultimada y en estado de perfecta apreciación, razon por la cual puede afirmarse, con toda seguridad, que no puede considerarse dicho edificio hoy completamente terminado, segûn lo taxativamente prevenido en la base 2.ª del Programa de Concurso, ni mucho menos podía estarlo en la fecha señalada de 1910.}}</ref> The winner in 1910 was Samanillo Perez, for his building which now houses the headquarters of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170807152135/http://guiadenoticias.net/2017/04/21/gustavo-mirabal-le-da-valor-a-la-hipica-espanola/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20170807152135/http://guiadenoticias.net/2017/04/21/gustavo-mirabal-le-da-valor-a-la-hipica-espanola/ Circulo Ecuestre].