Overview

• The year-long restoration concluded in June 2025 to coincide with the building’s 20th anniversary as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Laboratory studies revived Gaudí’s original palette by converting iron balconies to white, stucco walls to black and window woodwork to green.
• Conservators reinstated ceramic decorative elements that channel rainwater to the façade’s trencadís and glass tiles, allowing it to self-clean.
• The private patio regained its historic features, including jasmine and plumbago planters, a heather pergola and a mosaic floor of over 80,000 Nolla tiles.
• Visitor numbers rose to 1.9 million in 2024, a 21% increase over the previous year, reflecting growing interest in the modernist landmark.