Barcelona Chair Di Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe 1930

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.

Barcelona chair di ludwig mies van der rohe 1930.

For the german pavilion at the 1929 international exposition in barcelona german american architect and furniture maker ludwig mies van der rohe 1886 1969 in collaboration with his romantic partner designer lilly reich 1885 1947 created a chair fit for royalty. He entered the studio of peter behrens in 1908 and remained until 1912. Barcelona chair of ludwig mies van der rohe. Ludwig mies van der rohe was born in aachen germany in 1886.

The tugendhat chair model number mr70 is a modernist cantilever chair designed by ludwig mies van der rohe in collaboration with lilly reich 1929 1930 for the tugendhat house in brno czechoslovakia. The barcelona chair is a chair designed by mies van der rohe and lilly reich citation needed for the german pavilion at the international exposition of 1929 hosted by barcelona catalonia spain. The spanish king alfonso xiii was expected to attend the opening of the world s fair and as mies later stated. He worked in the family stone carving business before he joined the office of bruno paul in berlin.

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.