A versatile person with a concern for cultural and social matters, he began his training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and at the same time enrolled at the Barcelona School of Architecture, where his teachers included the architects L. Domènech i Montaner and J. Vilaseca.

He made several trips to France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. This helped him acquire an overall view of European architecture, which influenced him in his work, as did the work of the architect A. Gaudí.

It is his early work that falls within the scope of Modernisme: Casa Blanxart (1904; Torres i Bages, 9, Granollers) and the two buildings of the Caixa Sabadell (1907-1910; Carrer de la Font, 1, and 1915; Gràcia, 17), in Sabadell.

As his career progressed his style evolved towards Noucentisme ("1900-ism", a term coined in 1906 to refer to 20th century Catalan culture). He was municipal architect of Calella and while holding this post he designed the local state-run schools and led a number of urban development projects.

The work for which this architect is best known, which he carried out very actively between 1915 and 1951, is the restoration and conservation of monuments.

Throughout his life he combined his profession as an architect with historical research, a field in which he was a good disseminator and essayist.