Main entry:

Cohen, Jean-Louis, author.

Title & Author:

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Jean-Louis Cohen.

Edition:

Third and updated edition.

Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, [2018]
©2018

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portrait ; 25 cm

Notes:
"Original title "Mies van der Rohe," written by Jean-Louis Cohen, published by Editions Hazan, 2007"--Title page verso
Translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Childhood In the Rhineland and Early Days In Berlin (1886 -- 1914) -- Impressions from Aachen -- Peter Behrens and the Architecture of Industry -- The Kroller-Muller Project -- 2. Theoretical Projects for the Metropolis (1918 -- 24) -- The Friedrichstta€e Skyscraper -- JG and the Concrete Office Building -- The Concrete Country House -- The Brick Country House -- 3. Foundations of A New Domestic Space (1925 -- 30) -- Mies and Weimar Politics -- Two Houses in Krefeld -- The Barcelona Feat -- Luxury at the Tugendhats -- 4. From the Bauhaus To the Third Reich (1930 -- 38) -- Mies and the National Socialists -- 5. Chicago and American Paradigms (1938 -- 56) -- Mies and the Illinois Institute of Technology -- The Farnsworth House -- Crown Hall -- Lake Shore Drive: The Steel Towers -- 6. Industrial Classicism (1956 -- 69) -- The Seagram Stele -- The Skyscraper Variation -- Return to Berlin: The Neue Nationalgalerie -- The Poetics of Modernization.

Summary:

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was one of the leading figures of twentieth-century architecture. For architects and many others who are committed to the modernist tradition, he is a pivotal figure. With in-depth, scholarly essays and opulent photographs and plans, this book traces the multifaceted development of his work, including his first Berlin buildings, his villa projects, his work at the Bauhaus in the 1930s, and his American projects of the postwar years. Jean-Louis Cohen was the director of the Institut français d'architecture until 2003 and is currently a professor at New York University. He has an established reputation as a leading international historian of architecture. His broad and encompassing perspective makes this book a reliable and comprehensive introduction to the work of Mies van der Rohe.

ISBN:

3035616647
9783035616644

Subject:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 Criticism and interpretation.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969. Works. Selections.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325466
Call No.: 325466
Copy: 1
Status: Available