Caixa Forum is housed in a former textile mill built in 1911 and designed by the modersnista architect Puig i Cadafalch. It now hosts a wide variety of interesting cultural activities and exhibitions. The Mies van der Rohe Pavilion was the German national pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition and is a key reference in 20th century architecture. It houses the Barcelona Chair, which Mies van der Rohe created exclusively for the pavilion, as well as the sculpture "Dawn" by Georg Kolbe.
