Mies Van Der Rohe: An Architect In His Time Dietrich Neumann Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Architecture

A Landmark Survey Offering Nuanced And Deeply Researched Account Of The Career Life Iconic Modern Architect “A Balanced Look At In Context His Reception Impact Complete With Photographs Mies’s Realized Works Selection Early Sketches Describing Architect’s Often Radical Sometimes Brilliant Flawed Vision Mr Neumann Simultaneously Tells Story 20Th-Century American European Modernism ”—Cammy Brothers Wall Street Journal “Holiday Gift Books: Architecture” Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (1886–1969) Was German-Born Designer Whose Work Europe North America Has Had An Enduring Influence On Contemporary Architecture Worldwide During Sixty-Year He Fundamentally Rethought Architectural Types That Shaped Including Office Building Apartment Private Home True To Alleged Dictum “Less Is More ” Rohe’s Style Characterized By Utmost Simplicity Elegance Materials Formal Functional Innovation As Exemplified Such Projects Farnsworth House Plano Illinois Seagram New York This Book Renowned Historian Dietrich Presents Critical Complicates Established Narrative About Him Diverging From Reverential Posture Many Existing Accounts Insists Importance Context—Social Political Architectural—For Understanding Draws Overlooked Archival Primary Sources Demonstrate How Why Designs Were Received Foregrounding Critics’ Responses Collaborators Peers It Several Previously Unknown Buildings Furniture Challenges Long-Established Interpretations Key Comprehensively Illustrated Covering Entirety Ambitious Most Substantial Date One Important Architects Twentieth Century Σελίδες: 448 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0109 Διαστάσεις: 22 9X22 9Cm