Barcelona Pavilion

A single floating roof on cruciform columns, free walls of golden onyx — the diagram of modernism itself.

Why this matters

Built for the 1929 International Exposition; demolished 1930
Reconstructed on the original site in 1986
Cruciform chrome columns, onyx wall, two reflecting pools
Mies's "less is more" given physical form

Reference prompt

low pavilion with floating travertine roof, golden onyx wall, chrome columns, reflecting pool, Mies Barcelona Pavilion

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Drawings · Pro

Floor plans, sections and elevations for this building will appear here.
Coming with archpin v0.3 — a 200-building drawings pack curated from published monographs.

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Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona_Pavilion ↗

Photo: Ashley Pomeroy / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA)