E. Rogent was not a Modernista architect, but he has to be mentioned, as he was the director of the Barcelona School of Architecture until 1889 and therefore an important figure in the education and training of many of the architects of Modernisme and the main disseminator of the theories of French Gothic revival architect Viollet-le-Duc.

He began studying architecture at La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, and later went to the School of Architecture in Madrid, from where he graduated as a qualified architect in 1849.

One year later he began his teaching career at the School of Master Builders and also produced his first architectural works in Mataró and Barcelona. As the result of a trip to various European cities in 1855, he came into contact with German and French architecture, which had a big influence on his work. He became the first director and a professor of the Barcelona School of Architecture when it was set up in 1871, posts which he held until 1889. One of the most outstanding students E. Rogent had was A. Gaudí, of whom he said on handing him his degree certificate, "Who knows whether we have given the diploma to a madman or a genius: only time will tell".