The painstaking restoration of Casa Vicens de Gràcia is under way. The first house Gaudi designed is being converted into a museum. Andorran banking corporation MoraBanc acquired the property in March 2014 with the intention of restoring it and opening it to the public. Gaudí was commissioned by industrialist Manuel Vicens i Montaner to design a summer cottage. With a remarkable Arabic influence, the architect integrated the garden, external gates, the facade and the interior into a single ...