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BARCELONA PAVILION

 

The Barcelona Pavilion is a work emblematic of the Modern Movement, has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) as the German national pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition, held on Montjuïc. Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King Alphonso XIII of Spain along with the German authorities.

RUDIN HOUSE 

 

Pritzker Prize winners Herzog & de Meuron consistently design austere architecture, residential buildings included. The Rudin House is a heavy concrete mass but is set up on stilts. The interior is as quiet as the smooth grey exterior, but it's warmed up by the floor and furnishings.

HOUSE IN BORDEAUX

 

 

The house was designed for a couple and their family, but before Koolhaas and OMA were commissioned for the project in 1994 the husband of the family was in a life threatening car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Two years after his accident, the couple approached Koolhaas to design them a new home outside of Bordeaux. Despite having been paralyzed, the man did not want t straightforward house rather he wanted a complex design, stating: “Contrary to what you would expect. I want a complex house because the house will define my world.”