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the barcelona pavilion. mies's phrase "less is more" became the essence of mid-20th-century architecture ...................................................................
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| the barcelona pavilion (1928-1929, demolished 1930) see mies van der rohe
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| the barcelona pavilion was designed by mies van de rohe as the german national pavilion for the 1929 barcelona international exhibition, held on montjuïc. the small ceremonial hall (for which he also designed the famous chrome and leather 'barcelona chair'), had a flat roof supported on chrome columns. the steel skeletron and the pavilion’s walls, rectangular planes of marble, glass, onyx placed vertically or orizontally, could be freely positioned and made it possible that space seems to flow through them. this use of the open plan achieves extreme lightness and movement. the pavilion was conceived as the setting in which the german authorities would receive king alphonso XIII. despite its initial disassembly after the close of the exhibition, the pavilion has become a key reference point in both the career of mies van der rohe and 20th-century architecture as a whole. an emblematic work of modern-movement architecture, the pavilion has not only been exhaustively studied and interpreted, but it has also been a source of inspiration for the work of several generations of architects all over the world. the mies van der rohe foundation was constituted in 1983 as a non-profit public entity devoted to fostering the cultural debate on contemporary architecture from the city of barcelona. the foundation is also entrusted with preserving and disseminating knowledge of mies van der rohe's german pavilion. given the significance of the pavilion, the decision was made to reconstruct it on its original site. work began in 1983 and was completed in 1986. http://www.miesbcn.com --- ---  ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------  |
 german pavilion, barcelona, 1929 mies van der rohe  barcelona chairs |
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