# An Accidental Masterpiece: Mies Van Der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion - Hardcover

by **Dietrich Neumann** (Author)

The Complex History of a Building

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.

### Author Biography

**Dietrich Neumann**

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

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 9.3 x 12 IN

**Publication Date:** December 07, 2020

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- **Price:** 57.99 USD
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