This building was used for the official opening of the german section of the exhibition.
Ludwig mies van der rohe barcelona pavilion barcelona world s fair. One of the most influential buildings of the 20th century remaining an architectural vision to this day. Born maria ludwig michael mies. The barcelona chair was designed for the german pavilion germany s exhibition for the barcelona world fair of 1929 the design resulted from collaboration between the famous bauhaus architect ludwig mies van der rohe and his longtime partner and companion architect and designer lilly reich whose contributions have only. He was commonly referred to as mies his surname.
The barcelona pavilion an emblematic work of the modern movement has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects. Barcelona chair of ludwig mies van der rohe. 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.
It is an important building in the history of modern architecture. The barcelona pavilion catalan. The barcelona pavilion was designed by ludwig mies van der rohe and lilly reich as the german pavilion for the barcelona international exhibition held on montjuïc. Along with alvar aalto le corbusier walter gropius and frank lloyd wright he is regarded as one of the pioneers of modernist architecture.
The building methods that were realized in the german pavilion by mies van der rohe for the 1929 world s fair have been groundbreaking for architecture throughout the world. In 1929 ludwig mies van der rohe created the german national pavilion also known as barcelona pavilion in spain. Ludwig mies van der rohe m iː s meess. After the exhibition the pavilion was dismantled and rebuilt after several initiatives between 1983 and 1986 at its original place.