A history of the building's reception

While Mies van der Rohe's pavilion at the
International Exposition in Barcelona in 1929 went unnoticed by most of
the visitors to the fairgrounds, contemporary critics enthusiastically
hailed it as the most convincing statement of the Modern Age.

This
book presents 100 selected texts about this much discussed building,
written then and now: from the opening speech by the Spanish king, to
newspaper articles and private letters, voices of contemporary
architects, architecture critics and historians, and even a text by
artist Ai Weiwei, who created an installation in the outdoor area of the
pavilion in 2010.

Thus the history of this building's reception
depicts a dazzling picture and inconceivable breadth, including
statements by such eminent authors as Frank Lloyd Wright, Leonardo
Benevolo, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman.

• 90 years of 100 texts and voices about the Barcelona Pavilion