He qualified as an architect in 1879 and was appointed municipal architect of Sitges and Tortosa. Shortly afterwards he went to live in Manila for a few years, where he also held the post of municipal architect, as well as others of a cultural nature. After returning to Barcelona in 1898 he made mostly private residences, such as Casa Pérez Samanillo (1910; Balmes, 169 bis; currently Círculo Ecuestre [Equestrian Circle]), a building for which he won the Barcelona City Council Prize.