Mies Made Minimalist: The Barcelona Pavilion Gets a Temporary Facelift

For years, visitors who have frequented Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion have marveled over the structure's abundance of natural color, but the iconic building has recently undergone a major transformation to strip away the various hues and leave it with a more modern appearance. Over the course of a week, the building's famous marble wall surfaces were clad in all-white vinyl screens.