“Less is more”

LUDWIG MIES van der ROHE(1886-1969)

Mies van der Rohe, “German Pavilion for the Barcelona World’s Fair,” SPAIN, 1929known as “The Barcelona Pavilion” (demolished in 1930, re-built in1986)

International Exposition, Site plan, Barcelona, 1929

National Palace, built for the 1929 Exposition, Barcelona, Spain

Mies van der Rohe, “The Barcelona Pavilion,” SPAIN, 1929(demolished in 1930, re-built in1986)

Mies van der Rohe, “The Barcelona Pavilion,” SPAIN, 1929(demolished in 1930, re-built in1986)

Mies van der Rohe, “The Barcelona Pavilion,” SPAIN, 1929(demolished in 1930, re-built in1986)

Mies van der Rohe, “The Barcelona Pavilion,” SPAIN, 1929(demolished in 1930, re-built in1986)

Mies van der Rohe, “The Barcelona Pavilion,” SPAIN, 1929(demolished in 1930, re-built in1986)

Mies van der Rohe, “The Barcelona Pavilion,” SPAIN, 1929(demolished in 1930, re-built in1986)

Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930

Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930

Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930

Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930

Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930

Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930

ALVAR AALTO(1898-1976)

“We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, . . . but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street." (1957)

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Alvar Aalto, “Sanatorium,” Paimio, FINLAND, 1929

Alvar Aalto, “Sanatorium,” Paimio, FINLAND, 1929

Alvar Aalto, “Sanatorium,” Paimio, FINLAND, 1929A-wing is the patients' wing with the sun balconies, the most important architectonic element, facing south.

B-wing contains the common spaces: treatment rooms, dining hall, library and common rooms.

C-wing contains the laundry, kitchens and staff accommodation. The single-storey

D-wing contains the boiler room and heating plant. Circulation centres on the main entrance hall between A-wing and B-wing and the stairwell linked to it, which together give access to the other wings of the building.

Alvar Aalto, “Sanatorium,” Paimio, FINLAND, 1929

Alvar Aalto, “Sanatorium,” Paimio, FINLAND, 1929

Alvar Aalto, “Sanatorium,” Paimio, FINLAND, 1929

Alvar Aalto, “Sanatorium,” Paimio, FINLAND, 1929

Alvar Aalto, “Sanatorium,” Paimio, FINLAND, 1929

Alvar Aalto, “Library,” Viipuri, FINLAND (now Vyborg, RUSSIA), 1933

Alvar Aalto, “Library,” Viipuri, FINLAND (now Vyborg, RUSSIA), 1933

Alvar Aalto, “Library,” Viipuri, FINLAND (now Vyborg, RUSSIA), 1933

Alvar Aalto, “Library,” Viipuri, FINLAND (now Vyborg, RUSSIA), 1933

Alvar Aalto, “Library,” Viipuri, FINLAND (now Vyborg, RUSSIA), 1933

Alvar Aalto, “Library,” Viipuri, FINLAND (now Vyborg, RUSSIA), 1933

Alvar Aalto, “Library,” Viipuri, FINLAND (now Vyborg, RUSSIA), 1933

Alvar Aalto, “Villa Mairea,”Noormarkku, FINLAND, 1938

Alvar Aalto, “Villa Mairea,”Noormarkku, FINLAND, 1938

Alvar Aalto, “Villa Mairea,” Noormarkku, FINLAND, 1938

Alvar Aalto, Sauna and Pool “Villa Mairea,” Noormarkku, FINLAND, 1938

Alvar Aalto, “Villa Mairea,” Noormarkku, FINLAND, 1938

Alvar Aalto, “Villa Mairea,” Noormarkku, FINLAND, 1938

Alvar Aalto, “Villa Mairea,” Noormarkku, FINLAND, 1938