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Tag Archives: Mies van der Rohe

Barcelona Pavilion – Less is Definitely More

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
The Pavilion seen across The Main Pool

As a precocious 17 year-old, intent on studying architecture, what could be more appropriate for me, than asking for a book on Mies van der Rohe as a school prize? I became a devotee, and when Mies died in 1969, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, Spain | Tagged Barcelona, Catalonia, Catelonia, Mies van der Rohe, Modern Movement, Spain

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