Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect born in 1852 in Barcelona, where he would go on to design many of his iconic works in a unique organic style that transcended the Catalan Modernista movement. Some of Gaudí's most famous designs include the still-unfinished Sagrada Família basilica, Park Güell, and Casa Batlló. He died in 1926, leaving a profound legacy through his nature-inspired architectural visions.