Text description provided by the architects. As part of the1929 International Exposition in Barcelona Spain, the Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Mies van der Rohe, was the display of architecture's ...

When German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe won the commission to create the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, he was famously given one directive: Don't ...

Mies van der Rohe’s German Pavilion for the Barcelona World’s International Trade Show in 1929 was originally placed in an artificially landscaped setting. This park siting continued the tradition of ...

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and Bauhaus Earth have a new installation opening at the Barcelona Pavilion. “Mass Is More” is a timber pavilion constructed on the site of Mies ...

Another in a series of reports of design landmarks and exhibits from Portland-based design writer Damon Johnstun: Constructed in 1929 for the international exhibition in Barcelona, Ludwig Mies van der ...

Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, built for that city’s 1929 International Exhibition, has been celebrated for its elegant use of stainless steel, marble and glass. But what were the ...

Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute are pleased to announce the release of Nenúfars. Water lilies in the Barcelona Pavilion, a new publication which documents the intervention ...

Introduction -- I. The German Pavilion in Barcelona -- The 1929 building -- 1. The state of research -- 2. The architect and the place -- 3. Evolution of the project -- 4. Materials and construction - ...