Nordic influence

Casa Pere Company is regarded as the first work in Puig i Cadafalch’s “white period”. It was here that he first introduced some features of the Vienna Secession movement, radically reducing the decoration and colour scale at the same time. The totally smooth facades are only covered by sgraffito in the shape of a garland, while the gable roof shows the influence of Nordic architecture.

Catalonia’s sports museum

The gynaecologist Melcior Colet bought the house in 1940 and turned it into a clinic. Sadly, the alterations carried out by Santiago Marco Urrútia led to the loss of nearly all the interior features.

Dr Colet donated the building to the Catalan government in 1982, on the condition they used it as a sports museum, which is what they did. And Casa Pere Company has been housing the Doctor Melcior Colet Sports Museum and Study Centre ever since.