Round 3: Tossup 18

This architect used ceramic tiles with sunflowers and leaves (-5[1])to tile the outside of a tower resembling a minaret. A building on the “Block of Discord” designed by this architect (15[2])has an arched roof resembling the back of a dragon, is nicknamed the “House of Bones,” (15[1]-5[1])and makes use of the trencadís (*) mosaic style. A twelve-pointed glass star tops a tower designed by this architect dedicated to the Virgin Mary. 18 spires feature in this Catalan modernist’s (-5[1])design for a Gothic Revival church set to be completed on the 100th anniversary of his death. For 10 points, name this Spanish architect of Barcelona’s (10[1])Sagrada Família. ■END■ (10[1])

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