Barcelona Pavillion
Barcelona Pavillion
In 1912, Mies opened his own architectural practice in Berlin, Germany. One of his famous works during this time was the Barcelona Pavillion. He was commissioned to complete the Barcelona Pavillion, an exhibition building, located in Spain, in less than a year. Mies designed the building for the 1929 International Exposition to represent the new Germany through architecture. The exhibition only displayed a sculpture called “Morning” by Georg Kolbe and two famous Barcelona chairs. The two chairs were symbols of the thrones for the King and Queen of Spain. The reason for the empty space was to showcase the building itself as an exhibit. The building was dissembled in 1930 after the exposition, but reconstructed in 1980 due to the growing influences in architecture.
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