Published in conjunction with the major exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York City, this massive book offers a fresh perspective on Mies van der Rohe's prolific American work. Excellent essays from noted architects and scholars, including Rem Koolhaas, and a wealth of new research make this an essential volume on Mies.
This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.
Studio Paperback monographs on the outstanding architects of the 20th century - concise and informative overviews of the complete works written and edited by noted authors. Each volume contains biographical details and a work chronology.
Mies van der Rohe in a steel and glass building smoking a cigar - this historical photograph of the world-famous architect fascinated and intrigued Richard Daza so much that he painstakingly researched the events surrounding it. He takes the reader step by step through all the architectonic and personal details in the photograph, interpreting and analysing them. With the tension of a thriller, he examines the evidence, makes deductions and gradually brings to light elements of Mies' biography, enhanced by attractive sequences of illustrations. From this one photograph the author draws a skillful picture of Mies - the architecture, the man and his character. In cooperation with Actar, Barcelona
It has been said that modernist legend Mies van der Rohe's thirty years spent working in America reflected his most consistent and mature efforts toward achieving his goal of a new architecture for the twentieth century. Focusing on this American period, Conversations with Mies van der Rohe , the latest addition to our Conversations series, gives fresh credence to this claim by presenting the architect's most important design concerns in his own words. In this collection of interviews Mies talks freely about his relationship with clients, the common language he aimed for in his architectural projects, the influences on his work, and the synthesis of architecture and technology that he advanced in his designs and built works. Conversations with Mies van der Rohe makes an important contribution to the corpus of Mies scholarship. It presents a vivid picture of a master of modernism, bringing his artistic biography to a close while completing the scope of his style in terms of techniques, scale, use of materials, and typology. An essay by Iñaki Ábalos provides a context for these interviews and looks at Mies's legacy from a contemporary perspective.
Dieser Band dokumentiert den nie realisierten Entwurf eines Golfclubhaus für Krefeld von Ludwig Mies van der Rohe aus dem Jahr 1930 mit Skizzen und Plänen sowie ausführlich den Bau des begehbares Modells im Maßstab 1:1. Nach den Originalplänen aus dem Nachlass im MoMa in New York war dieses 2013 am Originalschauplatz in Krefeld für einige Monate entstanden.
Monografie německo-amerického architekta Ludwiga Miese van der Rohe (1886–1969), jedné ze zakladatelských osobností moderní architektury. Mies neprošel akademickým vzděláním, jako člen Bauhausu (1930–1933 jeho ředitel) vyšel z prostého tvarosloví klasických forem. Proslavil se svou zásadou „méně je více“, která vyjadřovala jeho hledání čisté elegance architektonického výrazu. Kniha obsahuje obsáhlý úvodní biografický text a dále představuje na asi 120 ilustracích Miesovy nejvýznamnější stavby, mezi nimi Německý pavilon na Mezinárodní výstavě v Barceloně (1928–1929) nebo brněnskou vilu Tugendhat (1929–1930).
Kniha textů významného architekta o stavění, architektuře a urbanismu.
