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[[Image:Casa Milà - Barcelona, Spain - Jan 2007.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Casa Milà at dusk]]

[[Image:LaPedreraParabola.jpg|thumb|Image:LaPedreraParabola.jpg| [[Catenary]] [[arch]]es under the terrace of Casa Milà.]]
'''Casa Milà''', better known as '''La Pedrera''' ([[Catalan language|Catalan]] for 'The Quarry'), is a building designed by the Catalan [[architect]] [[Antoni Gaudí]] and built in the years 1905–1907. It is located at 92, Passeig de Gràcia ('passeig' is Catalan for promenade or avenue) in the ''[[Eixample]]'' district of [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]. It was built for Roger Segimon de Milà. It is part of the [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] "Works of [[Antoni Gaudí]]".

==Architecture==

Casa Milá was a predecessor of some buildings with a similar [[biomorphism|biomorphic]] appearance:

* the 1921 [[Einstein Tower]] in [[Potsdam]], designed by [[Erich Mendelsohn]]
* [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] in [[New York]], designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]
* [[Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut]], [[Ronchamp]], [[France]], designed by [[Le Corbusier]]
* the [[Hundertwasserhaus]] and other works by Austrian architect [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]]
* [[Disney Concert Hall]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], by [[Frank Gehry]]

Free exhibitions are often held on the first floor, which also provides some opportunity to see the interior design. There is a charge for entrance to the apartments and roof.

==Casa Milà in the media and literature==
* A scene in ''[[Professione: reporter]]'', a film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, was filmed on the building's roof.
* Mentioned in the book by Eoin Colfer: [[Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony]]

==See also==
* [[List of buildings]]
* [[List of museums]]

==References==
* Rainer Zervst. Gaudi, 1852-1926, Antoni Gaudi i Cornet - A Life Devoted to Architecture. Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH & Co. KG., 1988. p176.

==External links==
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* [http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Casa_Mila.html link pictures]
* [http://www.lapedreraeducacio.org/ La Pedrera Educació]
* [http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/albums-en/gaudi-pedrera/index.html Photos of La Pedrera]
* [http://www.destination360.com/europe/spain/la-pedrera.php La Pedrera information and photos]
* http://www.gaudidesigner.com/uk/casa-mila.htmlLa casa Mila, furniture and decorative arts

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