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Walkways - Park Güell
Barcelona, Spain  

Architect: Antoni Gaudí
Built: 1900-1914
Style: Art Nouveau
Status: UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Gaudi-designed structures echo natural forms, with columns like tree trunks supporting branching vaulting under the roadway, and the curves of vaulting and alignment of sloping columns

 Biomorphism - A style that employs abstract shapes based on forms found in nature, especially those from the animal and plant worlds. 

 

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