2020. The reconstructed gable

After the Spanish Civil War, the owners restored most of the rooms. In the case of the façade, that suffered major mutilations in the upper part, like the scaled crown and the corner tower, the ornamental elements that gave the building an elegant and slender aspect were dispensed for budget reasons. Total satisfaction among the Casa Navàs team after seeing the reconstructed gable standing out on the top of the façade. “Eighty-two years ago, the house lost the crown and returning it means, in some ways, repairing the effects that the Civil War had on Reus”, says the director of Casa Navàs while adding that “ it is an important moment for the city of Reus but also for the country and European Modernism in general, as it recovers the genuine design created by Domènech”. Currently, Casa Navàs is the only modernist building in the whole of Europe that conserves its original interior. Now, only the tower has to be reconstructed so that the exterior is almost as planned by Lluís Domènech i Montaner.