Major Seminary in Comillas, Spain
It is a privilege for us to have worked holistically to restore the fine interiors in the most significant Catalan Art Nouveau creation outside Catalonia, a monumental ensemble masterfully decorated by a team of the best artists on the Catalan scene accompanying the great architect Luis Domènech i Montaner. Decades of dilapidation owing to the neglect of walls, roofs, and interiors required a thorough restoration so as to eliminate damp and its effects, with structural stitching and replacement of damaged stones, bricks, tiles, and lime mortars in keeping with the original masonry. Steadily over two years we restored the building’s foyer, Mudéjar wooden ceilings, lecture theater, narthex, profusely ornamented stairways, mural and canvas and panel paintings, gilt work, and fine interiors, along with its facades and cloister.