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Born in
Majorca, Guillem Reynés (1877-1918) is the Baleric Island’s key architect.
He was the diocesan architect from 1910 and that of the Diputació from 1912,
and numerous buildings as well as restorations of historical buildings and
religious temples bear his signature. The “Casas Casasayas” (1908-1911) in
the Plaza de Santa Catalina Thomas, Palma, are two magnificent Modernist
buildings. Reynés also collaborated in Antoni Gaudí’s incursions in Majorca.
In 1911, he signed the project for “Santa Tecla” church, Biniamarla, already
within what has been called the “Majorica Regionalist” style of which Reynés
is evidently a representative figure. In this style, blending the
contributions of Modernism with the typically Majorcan architectural
features, Reynés erected several buildings for the wealthy March family:
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in Palma, the central office of
the “Banca March” and the “Palau March”, and “Cala Ratjada”, a stately but
spectacular home. A great lover of history, Reynés also left to posterity
his theoretic studies of Majorcan civil architecture and architectural gems
like Bellver Castle or Almudaina Palace. |
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