Casa Martí, home of the café Els Quatre Gats in Barcelona, was designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. The article names no client for the building, but Pere Romeu founded the café with backing from Ramon Casas, Santiago Rusiñol and Miquel Utrillo. The building was designed in 1896, and the café opened on June 12, 1897.
The article calls the style Catalan Art Nouveau, or Modernisme, with Gothic and medieval elements. It mentions wrought iron by Manuel Ballerín, stained glass, narrative capitals by Eusebi Arnau and a Saint Joseph sculpture by Josep Llimona. The Saint Joseph statue is a reproduction.
The café closed in June 1903, and the building was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest on January 9, 1976. The text conflicts on restoration dates, giving 1989 in one passage and 1978 and 1991 in another. A café occupies the ground floor. The article gives no hours.
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