MIES IN AMERICA

Lambert, Phyllis (editor)

ISBN 10: 0920785697 / ISBN 13: 9780920785690

Published by Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 2001

About this Item

791 pages in excellent condition. With 630 illustrations, 118 in full colour. A folding Building Chronology 1937-69 is in a sleeve at back of the book. Illustrated softcovers with black titles. Two corners lightly creased. Slight crease down the front cover, near the spine. Scarce book. VG+ **heavy - may require extra postage** Size: 10 x 10.

Seller Inventory # 213793

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MIES IN AMERICA
• Publisher: Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
• Publication Date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0920785697
• ISBN 13: 9780920785690
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: VG+
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Americana

About this title

Synopsis

This study of one of the 20th century's greatest architects re-evaluates the entire body of work undertaken by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between his emigration to America in 1938 and his death in 1969. Based on considerable new research and bringing to light previously unstudied material - drawings and collages, photographs, project documents, letters, and extensive interviews with many of those who worked with Mies - this is the first study to make full and in-depth use of available archival material. Its nine essays, distinct in style of argumentation, focus, and ambition, constitute a new interpretation of a major figure in architectural history.

About the Author

Phyllis Lambert is an architect and Founding Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. Rem Koolhass is an internationally acclaimed architect, and the winner of the 200 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Peter Eisenman is an internationally well-known architect and lrwin Chanin Distinguished Professor of Architecture at the Cooper Union in New York.