Josep Plantada

José Plantada Artigas (7 June 1879 – 1943) was a Spanish modernist architect and sports leader who was the president of both the Catalan Football Federation and the Júpiter Sports Club.

Early life and education
José Plantada was born on 7 June 1879 in Barcelona, to Josep Plantada i Forés (1845–1913), a surveyor and master builder born in Barcelona, and Joaquima Artigas i Ramoneda, also from Barcelona. He graduated from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona in 1902.

Architectual career
In 1904, Plantada began working at Barcelona City Council as an assistant in the Faculty Office of Urbanization and Works, and just three years later, in 1907, he became Head of Division of the same Office. Between 1903 and 1914, he built several houses in Barcelona, such as Casa Cipriano Calvet (1903), Casa J. Sagarra (1904–05), Casa Alberto Pujol (1906), Casa Andrés Parés (1907), but his standout work was the Casa Queraltó on Rambla de Catalunya, which Plantada built in the years 1906 and 1907 with a clear modernist influence.

In 1911, Plantada was awarded a prize in the City Council of Barcelona's Concurso anual de edificios artísticos (Barcelona) for his work in Palace Cine. In 1916 he built the casino in the Parc de la Ciutadella, in French Renaissance style; it had two floors, the lower one was used as a cafe-restaurant and the upper one was where the casino was located, but it was demolished in 1964.

In 1927, Plantada became interim head of the Hygiene, Health and Assistance Services, the position from which he carried out the Hospital del Mar project, and in 1932, he was appointed head of the Health and Hygiene Buildings Service.

Sporting career
In 1930, Plantada was elected president of the Catalan Football Federation, a position that he held for a year until 1931, when he was replaced by Francesc Costa. He was also the president of the Júpiter Sports Club.

Later life and death
In 1940, after the Spanish Civil War, Plantada was relieved of his position as a Barcelona Municipal Architect and went into forced retirement. Plantada died in 1943, at the age of either 63 or 64, and in July 1943, his wife Encarnació de Gràcia i Casas was granted a widow's pension.