Commissioned as part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to increased cultural links between Scotland and Catalonia, the publication and an accompanying exhibition presents the work of modernista/art nouveau architects within the context of 21st century Barcelona.
With photographs by Michael Thomas Jones and texts by Peter Trowles the exhibition 'Modernista: Gaudi and his Contemporaries in Modern Day Barcelona' was shown at the Lighthouse, Glasgow, 14 November 2009 - 28 February 2010 and then from 25 April 2010 at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i San Pau, Barcelona.