Casa Coll i Regās
Casa Coll i Regās is the most iconic Modernist building in Matarķ, built by architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, who designed it under commission from the textile entrepreneur Joaquim Coll i Regās for his new residence on Carrer Argentona. It currently belongs to the Fundaciķ Iluro.Puig i Cadafalch planned to join together two cases de cķs, a typical kind of house in Matarķ. As of 1898, the building was made up of a basement for the domestic help, a majestic ground floor, bedrooms on the first floor, an attic and a turret. The bedrooms are spread around the edges of an atrium with a skylight that illuminates the middle part of the building. Puig i Cadafalch designed the decoration and iconographic programme to honour his client, a distinguished member of the local Matarķ bourgeoisie and part of the Regās family, textile spinners and knitting and hosiery manufacturers.