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The Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe

One Hundred Texts since 1929
  • Dietrich Neumann
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2020
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A history of the building's reception

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.

  • 90 years of 100 texts and voices about the Barcelona Pavilion

  • The history of the building’s reception as a supplement to An Accidental Masterpiece by the same author

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Dietrich Neumann

Professor of History of Modern Architecture and Director of Urban Studies, Brown University, Providence, USA

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    Frontmatter

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    CONTENTS

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    Introduction

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    1929 Georg von Schnitzler

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    1929 König Alfonso XIII

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    1929 Paul Joseph Cremers

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    1929 Anonymous (Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten)

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    1929 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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    1929 Heinrich Simon

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    1929 Eduard Foertsch

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    1929 L. S. M. (Lilly von Schnitzler)

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    1929 Edmundo T. Calcaño

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    1930 Gustav Adolf Platz

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    1930 Marcello Piacentini

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    1947 Frank Lloyd Wright und Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
December 7, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9783035619935
Hardcover published on:
December 7, 2020
Hardcover ISBN:
9783035619850
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
352
Illustrations:
25
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035619935
eBook ISBN: 9783035619935
Hardcover ISBN: 9783035619850
Keywords for this book
Bauhaus; minimalism; modernism; modern architecture; contemporary architect; modern age; Ai Weiwei; Frank Lloyd Wright; Leonardo Benevolo; Rem Koolhaas; Peter Eisenman
Audience(s) for this book
• Architekten • Kunsthistoriker • Studenten
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