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:
Barcelona Architecture
Another building by Mies van der Rohe is the Seagram
Building
Another building by Mies
van der Rohe : National Gallery Berlin
World Architecture : e-architect
- a guide to key buildings across the globe
Barcelona Pavilion, Mies van der Rohe: Photos © adrian welch / isabelle
lomholt
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Barcelona Pavilion Building
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