Special places archive
October 2004
Barcelona Pavilion
The website of the Fundació Mies van der Rohe includes a virtual visit to the reconstructed German National Pavilion of the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. The original pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was dismantled in 1930. The new building, rebuilt on the same site, was opened in 1986.
The website elegantly presents this icon of modern architecture, through text, plans, photographs and a set of linked VR panoramas.
A chair and ottoman designed by Mies for the building. The floor is Roman travertine marble and the dividing wall is golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains.