The Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe : one hundred texts since 1929 / Dietrich Neumann with David Caralt ; photographs, Hassan Bagheri ; translation into English, Dietrich Neumann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neumann, Dietrich, editor, translator, writer of supplementary textual content.

Caralt, David, editor.

Bagheri, Hassan, photographer.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Pabellón Mies van der Rohe.

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig.

Architecture--Spain--Barcelona--History.

Architecture.

History.

Spain--Barcelona.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

343 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2021]

Summary:

While Mies van der Rohe?s pavilion at the International Exposition in Barcelona in 1929 went unnoticed by most of the visitors to the fairgrounds, contemporary critics enthusiastically hailed it as the most convincing statement of the Modern Age. This book presents 100 selected texts about this much discussed building, written then and now: from the opening speech by the Spanish king, to newspaper articles and private letters, voices of contemporary architects, architecture critics and historians, and even a text by artist Ai Weiwei, who created an installation in the outdoor area of the pavilion in 2010. Thus the history of this building?s reception depicts a dazzling picture and inconceivable breadth, including statements by such eminent authors as Frank Lloyd Wright, Leonardo Benevolo, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman.

Notes:

Translated from German.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

German edition

PDF version

ISBN:

9783035619850

3035619859

OCLC:

1253283734

Publisher Number:

9783035619850