Mies van der Rohe: Architecture and Design in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno

von Vegesack, Alexander; Matthias Kries et al.

ISBN 10: 8881183951 / ISBN 13: 9788881183951

Published by Skira and Vitra Design Museum, [Geneva, Switzerland] and [Weil am Rhein, Germany], 1998

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Stamped silver paper boards, white and color illus. dust jacket, 229 pp; profuse images, mostly bw, some color, some sepia-tone. Issued in conjunction with a Vitra Design Museum exhibition in collaboration with the Weissenhof-Institut at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Stuttgart, and the Fundacio Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona. With seven thematic and illustrated essays. Discusses three projects -- the WeiBenhof estate in Stuttgart, the German pavilion in Barcelona, and the Villa Tugendhat in Brno. The illustrated and lightly annotated catalogue presents more than two dozen pieces of furniture and preliminary drawings. Includes chronology and bibliography. G (Ex-art library, with label marks on dj; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, incl. rear pocket; otherwise clean inside.). Seller Inventory # 161463

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Title: Mies van der Rohe: Architecture and Design ...

Publisher: Skira and Vitra Design Museum, [Geneva, Switzerland] and [Weil am Rhein, Germany]

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Softbound

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Synopsis:

Mies van der Rohe ranks alongside Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier as one of the most influential and important architects of our century. He was not only an accomplished and groundbreaking architect but also a first-rate, long-term lecturer and organiser of architectural events. It is thanks to his most important European building projects, the German pavilion for the Barcelona World Fair (1929) and the Villa Tugendhat in Brno that modern architecture was able to emerge from his experimental phase into full maturity. This book documents Mies van der Rohe's oeuvre as furniture designer and architect in the context of his three major European projects in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno.

Mies van der Rohe ranks alongside Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier as one of the most influential and important architects of our century. He was not only an accomplished and groundbreaking architect but also a first-rate, long-term lecturer and organiser of architectural events. It is thanks to his most important European building projects, the German pavilion for the Barcelona World Fair (1929) and the Villa Tugendhat in Brno that modern architecture was able to emerge from his experimental phase into full maturity. This book documents Mies van der Rohe's oeuvre as furniture designer and architect in the context of his three major European projects in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno.

Synopsis:

This volume, published to coincide with the exhibition organized by the Vitra Design Museum, gathers together the material relative to the furniture designed for some of the most important works in the German master's production during the 1920s and 30s: the building for the Weissenhof in Stuttgart, the Barcelona pavilion and the Tugendhat villa in Brno. Research on living space within modern housing and the application of the most advanced technology combine to form an aesthetic that has inspired a great many design projects during the post-World War II period and up to the present-day debate. The 30 objects Mies van de Rohe designed for these interiors between 1926 and 1932 are carefully analyzed in their planning, their execution and in their relationship with the architectural space for which they were intended. The book, featuring essays by Otakar Macel, Werner Blaser, Wolf Tegethoff, Lenka Kudelkova, Karin Schulte and Mateo Kries, is illustrated with original photographs, sketches of the buildings and the objects, and is completed by a detailed catalogue of the design elements.