The project responds to the commission of two attached houses by the architect’s aunt. Jujol creates an organism made up of five cylindrical bodies. The three largest bodies are crowned at the same level, while the two smaller bodies protrude to unequal heights and contain the stairs of the two houses. Two more cylinders protrude from the roof, which contain the stairs leading to the attics and viewpoints. Each cylinder is covered by a dome covered with pieces of glass, coming from the Cornellà glass factory, located a short distance away. On the main façade, another small cylinder acts as a porch and opens through two parabolic arches. Jujol creates a unitary body that only needs to be divided with a straight divider to form the two homes. The iron elements point out some unique points: the start of the staircase, the dining room stands or the rooftop viewpoints.
The Torre Gibert, Dels Ous or De La Creu, together with the Vistabella church and other small commissions, is one of the few new buildings that Jujol built. The commission came from Josefa Romeu, Gibert's widow and the architect's aunt.
It is composed of five cylindrical bodies linked together, three larger ones of the same height and two smaller ones that incorporate the stairs that go up to the attics and viewpoints. It was two houses separated longitudinally, both maintaining an exact symmetry. On the main façade, another cylinder acts as an access porch and opens through two parabolic arches.
The building is crowned with domes at different heights. These are atypically finished with glass mosaics that came from the waste of a glass factory in Cornellà, very close to the building.
Jujol clearly approaches a much more organic or animal expression, using sinuous geometries, a fact that is evident in the work of the forge. It is worth highlighting the uniqueness with which different elements are worked such as the start of the staircase, the stands in the dining room, the railings, or the garden fence.
The house has undergone multiple modifications. Initially designed as two separate homes, it was joined into one in 1966. It has also been used as a psychiatric centre. It currently houses the headquarters of the association of architects of Catalonia in the lower Llobregat area.
The name Torre de la Creu originates from the forged cross that crowns the highest dome.
