Behold the elegance and force of ludwig mies van der rohe in two dimensions.
Barcelona pavilion mies van der rohe collage. The barcelona pavilion catalan. We ve rounded up many of mies van der rohe s collages most of which now reside in moma s mies van der rohe archive. Ron bacardi y compania s a administration building santiago cuba project interior perspective. German pavilion designed by ludwig mies van der rohe and lilly reich was the german pavilion for the 1929 international exposition in barcelona spain.
Image courtesy of fundació mies van der rohe the whole complex stands on a 1 3 meter high podium clad in roman travertine which raises the building above the ground and creates an elevated terrace an element which we can see in other projects by the german architect such as the neue. The german pavilion in barcelona plan. As part of the1929 international exposition in barcelona spain the barcelona pavilion designed by mies van der rohe was the display of architecture s modern movement to the world. Mies van der rohe.
It is an important building in the history of modern architecture. Ludwig mies van der rohe designed the pavilion on behalf of the german government for the 1929 world exhibition in barcelona. This building was used for the official opening of the german section of the exhibition. It was designed in collaboration with lilly reich who was the creative director of the german building section.
Fundació mies van der rohe was created in 1983 by the city council of barcelona with the initial goal of rebuilding the german pavilion designed by ludwig mies van der rohe with lilly reich for the international exhibition of barcelona in 1929. Its aim was to evince a progressive democratic and modern post world war germany a decade on from the traumas of the war and the resulting treaty of versailles.