An accidental masterpiece : Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion / Dietrich Neumann with David Caralt.

Main entry:

Neumann, Dietrich, author.

Title & Author:

An accidental masterpiece : Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion / Dietrich Neumann with David Caralt.

Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, [2020]
©2020

Description:

189 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimile, maps, plans, portraits ; 24 x 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-189).
Barcelona 1929 -- Germany and the World's Fair -- Mies van der Rohe -- The building type -- Design and construction -- Georg Kolbe's sculpture -- The German sections -- Events at the pavilion -- The photographs -- Clients and architects -- Reconstruction -- Impact.

Summary:

With the temporary exhibition pavilion of the German Reich at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Mies van der Rohe designed an architectural icon, but also a controversial monument of the way the Weimar Republic portrayed itself. The building is one of the most unusual success stories in the history of architecture: Despite its short existence, its reputation grew steadily in the following decades, thanks in part to magnificent photographs. It was soon considered the constructed manifesto of the Modern Age, and its spatial and "ideational" ambitions were called "a milestone of Modern architecture." This comprehensively, broadly researched book portrays the building?s complex history and its political entanglement?up to and including its reconstruction according to van der Rohe?s plans at the original site between 1983 and 1986.

ISBN:

9783035619867 (hardcover)
3035619867 (hardcover)

Subject:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Pabellón Mies van der Rohe.
Exposición Internacional de Barcelona (1929-1930) Buildings.
Exposición Internacional de Barcelona.
Pavilions Spain Barcelona.
Pavillons (Constructions légères) Espagne Barcelone.
Buildings.
Pavilions.
Spain Barcelona.

Added entries:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Caralt, David, author.
Caralt, David author.

Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 308054
Call No.: BIB 253495
Status: Available

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