Mies in America
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
Main galleries
17 October 2001 to 20 January 2002
Mies in America
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A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
Illegal in America
PHCON2002:0016:069:004
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This set includes textual records relating to the exhibition "Illegal in America", held from 10 February to 6 March 1982 at the Franklin Furnace in New York, New York.
1982
Illegal in America
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PHCON2002:0016:069:004
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This set includes textual records relating to the exhibition "Illegal in America", held from 10 February to 6 March 1982 at the Franklin Furnace in New York, New York.
1982
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Bauhaus in America fonds
AP217
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This fonds documents the film Bauhaus in America, produced and directed by Judith Pearlman. The documentary includes first-person commentaries and interviews with former students, associates, and other individuals connected to Bauhaus figures.
circa 1981-1995
Bauhaus in America fonds
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AP217
Synopsis:
This fonds documents the film Bauhaus in America, produced and directed by Judith Pearlman. The documentary includes first-person commentaries and interviews with former students, associates, and other individuals connected to Bauhaus figures.
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circa 1981-1995
Graveyard, South America
PHCON2002:0016:011:016:003
1972
Forest, South America
PHCON2002:0016:011:039:002
1972
Cemetery, South America
PHCON2002:0016:011:044:002
1972
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CD037.S2
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This series consists of research material collected by Georg Lippsmeier for the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building) on low-cost housing and urbanization in Latin America, between the 1960s and late1980s. The material is predominantly comprised of photocopies of publications, reports, and maps of Mexico and South America.
1960s-1980s
Research materials on Latin America
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CD037.S2
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This series consists of research material collected by Georg Lippsmeier for the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building) on low-cost housing and urbanization in Latin America, between the 1960s and late1980s. The material is predominantly comprised of photocopies of publications, reports, and maps of Mexico and South America.
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1960s-1980s
maps
maps
1960s-1980s
textual records
ARCH104027
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booklets, newsletters, programs, annual meetings, conferences and other activities
1980-1989
Archaeological Institute of America
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ARCH104027
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booklets, newsletters, programs, annual meetings, conferences and other activities
textual records
1980-1989