the Krefeld villas Kleinman, Kent 1956- creator Van Duzer, Leslie 1958- Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 1886-1969 text bibliography nyu 2005 monographic eng

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143 p. ill.; col.; plans.; 26 cm. With all of the attention Mies van der Rohe has received over the last few years, it's hard to believe that there could be a pair of "undiscovered" buildings begging for even the slightest consideration and receiving none. Such has been the fate, however, of Mies's Krefeld Villas, a pair of neighboring brick residences of typically restrained elegance built from 1927 to 1930. Their anonymity is, to some degree, Mies's own doing; in 1959, in his only public comment about the projects, he quipped that he would have preferred to use more glass, but the clients objected. "I had great trouble," he said. As historians Kent Kleinman and Leslie van Duzer show in this carefully researched, eminently readable study, sometimes it's best not to take the architect at his word. Here they guide us through the two villas, which were converted into a joined museum of contemporary art after World War II. Each chapter begins with a study of an artist who has created a site-specific installation within the villas. By analyzing how Yves Klein, Sol LeWitt, Richard Serra, and Ernst Caramelle chose to engage Mies's architecture, they arrive at a truly original understanding of these two forgotten masterworks. Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Notes on Almost Nothing -- Klein’s Kleine Kammer -- LeWitt and the Art of Introductions -- Serra and the Anti-Environment -- Windows and Other Weaknesses -- Conclusion: Architecture, Acting -- Notes -- Appendix: Drawings -- Credits -- Kent Kleinman and Leslie Van Duzer. Include Bibliography Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 1886-1969 Criticism and interpretation Museum Haus Lange Krefeld. Museum Haus Esters. Architecture Domestic Germany Krefeld Architecture Germany Krefeld 20th century Villas Germany Krefeld Krefeld (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc NA7593.K74 L54 2005 728.8/092 1568985037 9781568985039 pucpr 021411 20220901132556.0 eng