{"product_id":"an-accidental-masterpiece-9783035619867","title":"An Accidental Masterpiece","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Complex History of a Building \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e With the temporary \nexhibition pavilion of the German Reich at the 1929 International \nExposition in Barcelona, Mies van der Rohe designed an architectural \nicon, but also a controversial monument of the way the Weimar Republic \nportrayed itself. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The building is one of the most unusual \nsuccess stories in the history of architecture: Despite its short \nexistence, its reputation grew steadily in the following decades, thanks\n in part to magnificent photographs. It was soon considered the \nconstructed manifesto of the Modern Age, and its spatial and \n\"ideational\" ambitions were called \"a milestone of Modern architecture.\"\n \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This comprehensively, broadly researched book portrays the \nbuilding’s complex history and its political entanglement—up to and \nincluding its reconstruction according to van der Rohe’s plans at the \noriginal site between 1983 and 1986. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Presumably the most important and influential architectural icon of the 20th century, uniquely documented and depicted \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Mies’ death and the Bauhaus centenary \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Many never before published photographs from archives in the US, Germany and Spain \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dietrich Neumann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48279054844155,"sku":"9783035619867","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9783035619867.jpg?v=1772488376","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/an-accidental-masterpiece-9783035619867","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}