Van Der Rohe Chairs
About the design 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.
Van der rohe chairs. Architect furniture designer and educator ludwig mies van der rohe was a central figure in the advancement and promotion of modernist design and architectural theory and practice. Most of mies van der rohe s pieces were created to. Mies van der rohe designed this chair for his german pavilion at the barcelona exposition of 1929. The chair was first used in villa tugendhat a private residence designed by mies in brno czech republic.
The pavilion was the site of the inaugural ceremony for the german exhibits at the exposition and the spanish king was to preside. 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. Regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of architecture ludwig mies van der rohe s less is more approach to design was the gold standard for many generations of modern architecture. Shop browse hi furniture including the barcelona chair barcelona table brno chair and mr collection.