The barcelona pavilion was designed by mies van de rohe as the german national pavilion for the 1929 barcelona international exhibition, held on montjuïc.The small ceremonial hall (for which he also designed the famous chrome and leather ‘barcelona chair’),
had a flat roof supported on chrome columns.The steel skeletron and the pavilion’s walls,rectangular planes of marble, glass, onyx placed vertically or orizontally, could be freely positioned and made it possible that space seems to flow through them.
this use of the open plan achieves extreme lightnessand movement. The pavilion was conceived as the setting in
which the german authorities would receive king alphonso XIII.Despite its initial disassembly after the close of the exhibition,
the pavilion has become a key reference point in both the career of mies van der rohe and 20th-century architecture as a whole.
an emblematic work of modern-movement architecture,the pavilion has not only been exhaustively studied and
interpreted, but it has also been a source of inspiration for the work of several generations of architects all over the world.

The mies van der rohe foundation was constituted in 1983 as a non-profit public entity devoted to fostering the cultural
debate on contemporary architecture from the city of barcelona.The foundation is also entrusted with preserving and
disseminating knowledge of mies van der rohe’s german pavilion.Given the significance of the pavilion, the decision was made to
reconstruct it on its original site.Work began in 1983 and was completed in 1986

El Greco and Pablo Picasso weren’t the only stars at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on November 30, 2006. Circulating among works by the master painters inside Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic structure were some 800 members of the international A&D community, convening to celebrate the winners of Interior Design’s first ever, annual Best of Year Awards.

Directly on the heels of the magazine’s Hall of Fame, which packed the Waldorf-Astoria’s grand ballroom with a record attendance of more than 1,500 people on November 29 and inducted Rand Elliott, Sergio Palleroni, Gaetano Pesce, Annabelle Selldorf, and Paul Siskin, the back-to-back events, says editor in chief Cindy Allen, “galvanized the design community—enabling us to honor the trifecta: people, projects, and products.”

This was the magazine’s first ever Best of Year (BoY) awards in which projects were divided into 19 categories—K&B, hospitality, and institutional among them—and voted on by Allen and judges Arthur Casas, Pam Light, Nick Luzietti, and Ali Tayar. “I’ve been on countless juries yet I don’t think I’ve been on one that had such a selection of A-listers opposite A-listers,” continues Allen.

Indeed, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Peter Marino + Associates, and Gabellini Shepard Associates are just a few of said A-listers that were called up to the podium to claim the winning bounty, a custom cast polyester-resin lightbulb by Harry Allen.

‘It was so magical to celebrate design in the Guggenheim, it’s such an inspiring place,” recalls BoY residential apartment winner Lee Mindel of Shelton, Mindel & Associates. “The evening allowed for cross-hybridization between areas of the industry that usually never interact, and Interior Design continues to bring pride to the industry.” In addition to pride, the event also raised money for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation.

The magazine reinstituted the Roscoe awards, which went to 40 product categories, ranging from kitchen cabinetry to outdoor lighting, after a 12-year hiatus. Best products were chosen based on popular online vote as determined by over 25,000 votes from nearly 10,000 unique visitors, qualified by title, during a two week period in October.

The following are Best of Year and Merit recipients in Projects and Products (Roscoe Awards):
Innovation
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, New York: World Trade Center Marketing Suite, New York, NY

Graft LLC: ‘Kunst.stoffe’- plastic workshop, Modular Wall / Door System concept design for HEWI Heinrich Wilke GmbH, Cologne, Germany

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects: Ballet Barre, Project Grand Jeté Stage 1, Jarvis Street Campus, Canada’s National Ballet School, Toronto, Ontario

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, San Francisco: Jianianhua Center, Chongqing, China

Institutional
AC Martin Partners, Inc: Merle & Marjorie Fish Interfaith Center, Chapman University, Orange, CA

Deborah Berke & Partners Architects LLP: Irwin Union Bank, Columbus, IN

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario

TVS Interiors, Inc: Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA

Kitchen & Bath
Janson Goldstein LLP: The Kohler Store, The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

Architecture in Formation: Manhattan Duplex Bathroom, New York, NY

Cecconi Simone: Private Residence Kitchen, Toronto, Ontario

Nicholas.Budd.Dutton: Winebaum Residence Bathroom, Los Angeles, CA

Office – Budget
Johnson Chou Inc: Grip Limited, Toronto, Ontario

Richard Hywel Evans Architecture & Design Ltd: DFGW Headquarters Office, London, UK

A+I Design Corp.: CSTV: College Sports Television, New York, NY

Garcia + Francica Architecture / Design: HQ People Against Dirty, Method Products Inc, San Francisco, CA

Office – Large
Eijkingdelouwere: SRK Legal Assistance, The Hague, The Netherlands

Gensler, Seattle: Cole & Weber United, Seattle, WA

NBBJ: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK

Lehman Smith McLeish: Tishman Speyer Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY

Office – Small
Lubrano Ciavarra Design, LLC: The Richard Avedon Foundation, Museum Office Tower at MoMA, New York, NY

DMJM Rottet: Lime Rock Management, Houston, TX

TEK Architects, PC: Lindblad Expeditions, New York, NY

VOA Associates, Inc: LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL

Public Spaces
Gabellini Sheppard Associates LLP: Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

Yabu Pushelberg: St Regis Hotel lobby, San Francisco, CA

Rockwell Group: The Octagon, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY

Storeage: Liberty Global Europe HQ Lobby, Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands

Residential – Apartment / Condo
Shelton, Mindel & Associates: Hudson River Residence, New York, NY

Architecture Research Office: Central Park West Apartment, New York, NY

Gary Hutton Design (interiors) and Gemmill Design (architecture): 4 Seasons Condominium, San Francisco, CA

Slade Architecture: Apartment, South Beach, Miami, FL

Residential – House
Messana O’Rorke Architects: Ten Broeck Cottage, Livingston, NY

Steven Ehrlich Architects: Waldfogel Residence, Palo Alto, CA

Victoria Hagan Interiors: Upper East Side Townhouse, New York, NY

Architropolis: The Austintonian, Atlanta, GA

Retail – Boutique
Heatherwick Studio: La Maison Unique, Longchamp, New York, NY

212box, LLC: Into, Singapore
Clive Wilkinson Architects: Quicksilver, Huntington Beach, CA

Randy Brown Architects: Bizarre, Omaha, NE

Retail – Large
Peter Marino Architect: Fendi Flagship, Rome, Italy

Bartolini Lanzi Architects: Bruschi Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

Peter Marino Architect, PLLC: Louis Vuitton Landmark, Hong Kong

Yabu Pushelberg: Lane Crawford, Pacific Place, Hong Kong

Showroom
Richard Hywel Evans Architecture & Design Ltd: Modular Lighting Instruments Showroom, London, UK

Architecture in Formation: Espasso Showroom, New York, NY

Gensler, San Francisco: Allsteel San Francisco Resource Center, San Francisco, CA

Huntsman Architecture Group: Mercedes Benz of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Products (Best of Year in red)

Accessories
Materious: Cubby
Alessi: Nuvem Citrus Basket
Sieger: Sieger Collection
Studio Lilica: Astro Mobile

Architectural Products
DIRTT: DIRTT Movable Walls
3form: Wood
Architectural Systems, Inc.: Stacked Stone
Haworth: Patterns

Bath – Hardware & Accessories
Urban Archaeology: Metropolitan Collection
Baci by Remcraft: Universal Swing Arm Mirror
Robern: Robern M Series with Night Light
Thermique Technologies: Thermique Towel Warmer

Bath – Fixtures/Plumbing
Dornbracht: Tara Logic
Advent Design Int’l: Hand Carved Stone Baths
Duravit: Sundeck
Stone Forest: Papillon Tub

Building Products
Artistic Tile: Fiji Convex Brick Mosaic
Assembly Daniels International: Graphic Door
Haworth: Enclose
Urban Archaeology/Adriana Baler: Linx Tile

Eco-Product
Inhabit: Wall Flats
Architex: Angela Adams Collection
Crossville : EcoCycle
To Market: Atmosphere Earthshapes Discovery

Floorcovering: Hard
Parterre Flooring Systems: Fused Floor
Ann Sacks: Angela Adams for Ann Sacks Concrete Flooring Tile
Freudenberg Building Systems: Noraplan Environcare
Urban Archaeology/Trikeenan Tileworks: Ebb & Flow Tile

Floorcovering: Soft – Broadloom
Karastan Contract: Poetry in Motion
Bentley Prince Street: (Simply) Urban Color Story
Lees Carpets: Kensington Collection
Shaw Contract Group: The Angela Adams Collection Broadloom

Floorcovering: Soft – Modular
InterfaceFLOR Commercial: 1968 Collection
Artistic Tile: Black & White Cowhide
Chilewich: Big Stripes & Small Stripes
Durkan Commercial: Mind/Body/Soul

Floorcovering: Soft – Rugs
Emma Gardner Design: Joy
Rugs by Vicki Simon: Night Vision
Endless Knot Rug Co: Susan Eslick Collection / Buds Ciocco
New Moon: Nouvel 4, Sky/Rust
Top Floor : Metallica Collection: Equation

Furniture – Beds
Poltrona Frau: Aurora Due
Thomas Moser: VITA: Bed

Furniture – Casegoods
Modernlink: Onelink / Melina
Councill Contract: 681-7236 Table Desk
Gunlocke: MENU
William Switzer & Assoc.: Cartagena Chest of Drawers

Furniture – Healthcare
KI: Soltice
Nemschoff: SleepOver Double
Paoli Furniture: Glider

Furniture – Occasional
Hellman-Chang: Z Pedestal
HBF: LOGICmeet Table Series
Timber Tone Industries: Lounge
Urban Archaeology: Chareau Table

Furniture – Storage
Bravespace: Tetrad Flat
Berman/Rosetti: Tansu System
Kartell: Optic Storage Unit
Palo Samko: Rosewood Credenza

Furniture – Systems
Herman Miller: MyStudio Environments
Halcon: Mitre Collection: Open Office
Haworth: Compose
InScape Corp: Storwal

Furniture – Tables
Scott Arthur Yerkey Furniture: Ringstad Zen Coffee Table
Altura Furniture: Oblique Table
Berman/Rosetti: Helios Tables
Steelcase: AirTouch

Innovation
The Fire Company: EcoSmart Fire
Brayton International: OOM
Keilhauer: Sguig
Moroso: Antibodi

Kitchen – Appliances
Bulthaup: Slatted Extractor Hood
ASKO Cylinda AB: Ultra Care Laundry
Broan-NuTone LLC: WM24 in metallic red
Miele: CVA 4000

Kitchen – Cabinetry
Snaidero: Sintesi
Alessi: Geometrica Kitchen Cabinetry
Snaidero: Venus

Kitchen – Fixtures/Plumbing
Dornbracht: Maro 2-Hole Tap
Elkay Manufacturing: Avado Integrated Work Surface
Julien: Vintage Sink
KWC America: KWC Profile