Arwen's meanderings

Hi everyone and welcome to my dinghy cruising blog about my John Welsford designed 'navigator' named Arwen. Built over three years, Arwen was launched in August 2007. She is a standing lug yawl 14' 6" in length. This blog records our dinghy cruising voyages together around the coastal waters of SW England.
Arwen has an associated YouTube channel so visit www.YouTube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy to find our most recent cruises and click subscribe.
On this blog you will find posts about dinghy cruising locations, accounts of our voyages, maintenance tips and 'How to's' ranging from rigging standing lug sails and building galley boxes to using 'anchor buddies' and creating 'pilotage notes'. I hope you find something that inspires you to get out on the water in your boat. Drop us a comment and happy sailing.
Steve and Arwen

Friday 11 April 2014

Casa Batllo

We really liked this house..................


full of curves and a triumph of design and function


lots of surprises..........and 'oh my's!'


Its a fire place


huge amount of care and attention was paid to how natural light would pass through the house


this was the main room


the oak wood style and craftsmanship was exquisite



everything was themed around the sea and water


there was a central light well that carried light from high up off the roof down through all areas of the house......a brilliant piece of design that channelled light throughout the house



the tiles started off darker blue at the top and became increasingly lighter towards the bottom



Space was so well utilised



Huge attention was given to ventilation throughout the house; in the above photo the slots on the right hand wall open into the central 'well' area around which spirals the stair case - air and light came from this central well to all parts of the house


I was rather taken with the design of this sink


and even the ceilings were works of art



in the  garden and out on the roof....the trade mark broken glass and pottery artwork


chimneys cleverly disguised


can you guess what the roof work represents?


think mythical sea dragons.............


Gaudi......artist, architect extraordinaire and genius......










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