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Detail, south facade, glass curtain wall with brise soleil; In 1987, the MACBA Foundation was created; they commissioned Meier to design the building in 1988 despite not having a collection at that point. Meier embraced the difficult task of creating a building that would ultimately display a variety of contemporary artworks that were unknown to him at the time of design. The choice to build the museum in the Plaça dels Ángels is consistent with Meier’s vision to situate the building amongst some of Barcelona’s oldest streets and buildings, in addition to revamping the public space of the Raval, blocks away from the Gothic center of town. The collections focus on post-1945 Catalan and Spanish art, although some International artists are also represented. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/29/2012)