Building desire : on the Barcelona Pavilion / George Dodds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodds, George, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.

Pabellón Mies van der Rohe.

Exposición Internacional de Barcelona.

Pavilions--Spain--Barcelona.

Pavilions.

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969--Criticism and interpretation.

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig.

Architectural photography--Spain--Barcelona.

Architectural photography.

Architecture--Conservation and restoration--Spain--Barcelona.

Architecture.

Exposición Internacional de Barcelona (1929-1930)--Buildings.

Architecture--Conservation and restoration.

Criticism and interpretation.

Barcelona (Spain)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Barcelona (Spain).

Spain--Barcelona.

Physical Description:

xiii, 168 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon [UK] ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

In 1986 a new Barcelona Pavilion was completed on the site of the original 1929 German Pavilion in Barcelona. That same year marked the 150th anniversary of photography and the centenary of Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969). Since then, much has been written about all three, jointly and singly. Whilst the literature on Mies van der Rohe has more than doubled in the past fifteen years, no scholar has yet to seriously study, at any length, the unique phenomenon that was, is and will continue to be the Barcelona Pavilion. "Building Desire" focuses on the pavilion's image of an enduring myth of modernity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-160) and index.

ISBN:

0415325234

0415325242

OCLC:

54952962