Elies Rogent i Amat (Barcelona 18 July 1821[1] – Barcelona 21 February 1897), was a Catalan architect of Spanish nationality. He studied at the school of Architecture in Madrid, from which he graduated on 20 February 1851.[2] He was appointed as the director of the Barcelona Provincial School of Architecture in 1871.
An admirer of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, he passed on his passion for mediaeval architecture through his teaching work. His students included Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Antoni Gaudí, of whom he reputedly said, as he signed his degree, "I have approved either a madman or a genius".
In 1887, the mayor of Barcelona, Francesc Rius i Taulet, put him in charge of the works for the Barcelona Universal Exposition of 1888. In order to bring this project to a successful conclusion he made many changes to the original plans by Josep Fontserè i Mestre, and managed to complete the task in record time thanks to the assistance of his disciple Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
He was a member of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi
His major works include:
This article is adapted from the Catalan Wikipedia