A Stacked History: The View from Below Barcelona's Roofs

Monochrome photography from Barcelona in Spain

In Barcelona, architectural history is often a layered collage, visible simply by looking up. This photograph captures the complex, beautiful stacking of a residential building’s upper levels, where different eras and styles collide, likely in the dense Eixample district.

The composition is a study in geometric chaos. The focus is on the various roofline…