Mies Van Der Rohe Barcelona Pavilion Chair
Equally significant if smaller in scale is mies daring design of furniture pieces that exhibit an unerring sense of proportion as well as minimalist forms and exquisitely refined details.
Mies van der rohe barcelona pavilion chair. His brno chair mr50 one of his earliest steel furniture designs was even featured in the bbc series around the world in 80 treasures as one of the 80 man made treasures. Ludwig mies van der rohe the modern city with its towers of glass and steel can be at least in part attributed to the influence of architect ludwig mies van der rohe. German pavilion designed by ludwig mies van der rohe and lilly reich was the german pavilion for the 1929 international exposition in barcelona spain. Barcelona chair item share this ludwig mies van der rohe 1929.
This building was used for the official opening of the german section of the exhibition. Originally made for display only two iterations of the barcelona chair were specifically designed for the barcelona pavilion. To such an extent in fact that the barcelona chair is still manufactured and marketed today. Through their incorporation mies sought a formal a solution to accompany the free standing walls and planes of the barcelona.
It is an important building in the history of modern architecture. Barcelona chair of ludwig mies van der rohe. Ludwig mies van der rohe s barcelona pavilion 1929. The famous barcelona chair was designed by mies van der rohe and lilly reich for the german pavilion.
The barcelona chair was also used in the villa tugendhat a world heritage site designed by mies van der rohe himself. One of the most recognized objects of the last century and an icon of the modern movement the barcelona chair exudes a simple elegance that epitomizes mies van der rohe s most famous maxim less is more. The internal pool with the sculpture the dancer by georg kolbe. Along with the building mies van der rohe and lilly reich also designed its furniture including a stainless steel and white leather chair known as barcelona chair which has later become a 20th century icon and is still produced by knoll today.
Mies van der rohe and lilly reich designed a chair especially for the pavilion consisting of a leather upholstered metallic profile that over the years has become an icon of modern design. The barcelona chair was designed for the german pavilion germany s exhibition for the barcelona world fair of 1929 the design resulted from collaboration between the famous bauhaus architect ludwig mies van der rohe and his longtime partner and companion architect and designer lilly reich whose contributions have only. Image courtesy of the architecture design study center the museum of modern art. The barcelona pavilion catalan.