Main entry:

Mertins, Detlef, author.

Title & Author:

Mies / Detlef Mertins.

Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2014.
©2014

Description:

543 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 506-528) and index.
Critical realism: life and form. Apprenticeship in reform ; Riehl House: country house critical realism ; Bismarck Memorial: form and space ; Kröller-Müller Villa: living geometry -- Avant-garde: art and life. Glass skyscraper: new beginnings ; Good forms for new types ; Esters and Lange houses: new language ; Weissenhofseidlung: urban montage -- Task: mastering modernity. Barcelona Pavilion: spiritualizing technology ; Tugendhat House: an elevated personal life ; Neue Wache: in the world and against it ; Bauhaus education ; Reichsbank: in dark times -- Organic architecture. Resor House: autonomy ; AIT/IIT: open campus ; IIT: clear construction -- Unfolding structure. Farnsworth to Crown Hall: clear span ; 860-880 Lake Shore Drive: high rise ; Seagram Building: dark building ; 50 x 50 House to New National Gallery: variations and permutations ; Lafayette Park: city landscape -- Event space: living life large.

Summary:

"Arranged in chronological order, the book's five sections and its conclusion offer a synthetic portrait of Mies's career and reception, spanning sixty years, two continents and two world wars. The text tells a continuous story, however, most chapters focus on a significant work (the Seagram building or the IIT campus), allowing for an in-depth presentation of photographs and drawings; other chapters focus on a specific event in Mies's life (such Mies's time as the head of the Bauhaus)."--Publisher.

ISBN:

9780714839622 (hardback)
0714839620 (hardback)

Subject:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 Catalogs.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig,
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 1886-1969
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Architektur
German Architects.
American Architects.
Architecture (object genre) Germany 1900-1970.
Architecture (object genre) United States 1940-1970.
Architecture (object genre) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 1960-1970.

Form/genre:

Catalog
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs.
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Lambert, Phyllis.
Centre canadien d'architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285640
Call No.: NA44.M632.9 D4 2014
Status: Available