Barcelona Pavilion, Architecture, Mies van der Rohe Building, Photos

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Barcelona Pavilion: Architecture



Barcelona Pavilion / El Pavelló Alemany
Reconstrucció del Pavelló de Representació d’Alemanya a l’Exposició de Barcelona

The building is also known as the ´German Pavilion´ or 'Mies van der Rohe Pavilion'

Hill of Montjuic, southwest Barcelona
1929; reconstructed 1983-86
Mies van der Rohe, Architect



Photos of this Mies van der Rohe building:



Description:

This Barcelona building is for many architects their favourite building in the World. It is pure poetry, simple honest planes of stone with slim, graceful polished steel cruciform columns. The integration of water through two shallow pools brings calmness and reflection.



Mies van der Rohe was interested in developing free flowing space and this is done using walls as planes in isolation, joined by sliding elements or glass. Thus the wall is expressed as a single element with space flowing around it. The majority of the building is constructed out of cream-coloured travertine which gives the building a luxurious feel and aids the perception of spaciousness.





More Barcelona Pavilion images available upon request:
all photos 1280x1024 pixels, 72dpi

Another building by Mies van der Rohe is the Seagram Building - see New York Architecture link at base of this page



More photos of the Barcelona Pavilion

Another building by Mies van der Rohe : Tugendhat Villa, Brno



Buildings near to the Barcelona Pavilion include:


Communications Tower, Montjuic
Hill of Montjuic, southwest Barcelona


Catalonia National Art Museum
National Palace / Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuic, southwest Barcelona


Barcelona Pavilion Photos, from 1991:



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Another building by Mies van der Rohe is the Seagram Building

Another building by Mies van der Rohe : National Gallery Berlin



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Barcelona Pavilion, Mies van der Rohe: Photos © adrian welch / isabelle lomholt

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