Mies van der Rohe : Farnsworth House : weekend house = Wochenendhaus / Werner Blaser ; [translation into English, Katja Steiner, Bruce Almberg, Ehingen].

Main entry:

Blaser, Werner, 1924-2019.

Title & Author:

Mies van der Rohe : Farnsworth House : weekend house = Wochenendhaus / Werner Blaser ; [translation into English, Katja Steiner, Bruce Almberg, Ehingen].

Publication:

Description:

82 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Development of the essential: sensual space -- Farnsworth House Plano (Illinois) 1945-1950 -- Being one with nature -- Farnsworth impressions / Peter Palumbo -- Architecture and technic / Mies van der Rohe, 1955 -- About the situation -- General points of view -- The outer skin -- Technical conception -- The interior -- Choice of materials -- Architecture and furniture -- About the furniture in today's Farnsworth House -- Tugendhat chairs -- Biography -- Mies van der Rohe's silent knowledge -- Solitary buildings / Mies van der Rohe -- Mies personally: about the literature.
Text in English and German.

Summary:

"The texts were written by a single person (complemented by a report from an inhabitant); the photographs, reproduced in duotone, all come from the same lens using an approach repeated again and again. Both attempt to show the objective state of affairs of Mies van der Rohe's solitary buildings with carefully collected and organized materials. An inner confrontation over decades opened up access to Mies' oeuvre for Werner Blaser, and thus, to this publication." "The legacy of Mies van der Rohe's most fruitful intentions is thus visually assessed with in part unpublished picture material. Those with a more critical attitude will also be creatively confronted with the roots of good architecture through the intensity of the presentation, which will hopefully provide new stimulus."--Jacket.

ISBN:

3764360895 (alk. paper)
9783764360894 (alk. paper)
0817660895 (alk. paper)
9780817660895 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 Criticism and interpretation.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 Critique et interprétation.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 1886-1969
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, (1886-1969) Critique et interprétation.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig.
Farnsworth House (Plano, Ill.)
Architecture, Domestic Illinois Plano.
Architecture, Domestic
Buildings
Bildband
Wochenendhaus
Dwellings Illinois.
Architects United States 20th century.
Architects Germany 20th century.
Plano (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Plano (Ill.) Constructions.
Illinois Plano
Haus Farnsworth
Plano (Ill.) Haus Farnsworth.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Farnsworth House

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209644
Call No.: NA44.M632.25 F3 1999a
Status: Available

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