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Cohen,Jim-Louis

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe : Jim Lewis-Cohen. / txt Mies van der Rohe - 2nd and updates ed. - 191 p. ill. (some col) ; ports. ; plans ; 25cm. book

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p.182-187) and index

Contents:
Preface 6 --
1 Childhood in the Rhineland and Early Days in Berlin 1886-1914 10 --
Impressions from Aachen 11 --
Peter Behrens and the Architecture of Industry 17 --
The Kröller Müller Project 22 --
2 Theoretical Projects for the Metropolis 1918-24 26 --
The Friedrichstraße Skyscraper 27 --
G and the Concrete Office Building 34 --
The Concrete Country House 36 --
The Brick Country House 38 --
3 Foundations of a New Domestic Space 1925-30 44 --
Mies and Weimar Politics 45 --
Two Houses in Krefeld 56 --
The Barcelona Feat 64 --
Luxury at the Tugendhats 72 --
4 From The Bauhaus to the Third Reich 1930-56 84 --
Mies and the National Socialists 90 --
5 Chicago and American Paradigms 1938-56 98 --
Mies and the Illinois Institute of Technology 99 --
The Farnsworth House 99 --
Crown Hall 110 --
Lake Shore Drive The Steel Towers 125 --
6 Industrial Classicism 1956-69 140 --
The Seagram Stele 141 --
The Skyscraper Variation 146 --
Return to Berlin The Neue Nationalgalerie 160 --
The Poetics of Modernization 165 --
Notes 168 --
Biography 176 --
Principal Projects 179 --
Bibliography 182 --
Index of Persons and Projects 188 --
Illustration Credits 191 --


ISBN: 9783764349605 10376437960-X

LCCN: 2007922264

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig Criticism and interpretation

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Modern Movemet (Architecture)
International style (Architecture)

LC Class. No.: NA1088.M65 / C6513 2007