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'Barcelona' Pavilion (by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)

Category: Architecture

Contributor: Olivier Blanc

Sculpture in the corner of the Barcelona Pavilion

Function: German Pavilion for the International Exposition

Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Year: 1929

Location: Barcelona, Spain



Links for resources:

Why the ‘Barcelona’ Pavilion is a modernist classic, (article), BBC


Pavilion's architecture plans and other resources, MoMA




Description, background, context, plans and photographs, Fundació Mies van der Rohe


Description and presentation with academic references, 20th Century Architecture


"It’s not so much what you see, as how you feel: serene.", pavilion's presentation, CN Traveler


The pavilion as a Lego concept

"It’s not so much what you see, as how you feel: serene."

Further research:

- Less is more

- The International Exposition


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