Modernism

Modernism reached the city with the architect Josep Azemar i Pont, author of some of the city´s most notable buildings. Outstanding among them are:

Casa Cusí. ( Rambla, 20). The Cusís were a family of Figueres industrialists at the end of the nineteenth century who accumulated one of the city´s largest fortunes through electricity production and cement manufacturing. The house they had built to live in is of modernist style following a plan by the architect Josep-Azemar i Pont and dates from 1894, reproducing the features of a neo-Gothic stately home. It was built using "noble" materials such as stone and forged iron combined with other more popular ones such as glazed tiles.

Casa Puig-Soler. (Rambla, 27). Modernist house built in 1901 by the architect Josep Azemar i Pont. It is a building of flats on a corner topped by a tower at its axis. The architect brought a very personal and stylised approach to the historicist-rooted features that characterise the building.

Casa Salleras. ( Rambla, 16). Modernist-style building to the north of La Rambla. It was designed by the architect Josep Azemar i Pont as a residence in 1904. It has notable decorative finishes made with mosaic and features of the balcony and interiors.

Casa Mas Roger. (Monturiol 10/ Plaça Palmera). Aside from its achitecture value, the building is know for having been the second home of Salvador Dalí. The Mas Roger house was built by Josep Azemar i Pont in 1910 and is notable for its three facades and well-balanced combination of wood, iron, ceramic tiles and stone.
Former Abbatoir.(Plaça de l´Escorxador). The architect Josep Azemar i Pont built the present building form new in 1902, in the modernist style.