Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. He was commonly referred to and addressed by his surname, Mies, by his colleagues, students, writers, and others.
(March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. He was commonly referred to and addressed by his surname, Mies, by his colleagues, students, writers, and others.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of Modern architecture. Mies, like many of his post World War I contemporaries, sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as Classical and Gothic did for their own eras. He created an influential 20th century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity.
His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces. He strived towards an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space. He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. He sought a rational approach that would guide the creative process of architectural design. He is often associated with the aphorisms "less is more" and "God is in the details". read more at wiki
List of works
- Canada
- Toronto-Dominion Centre - Office Tower Complex, Toronto
- Westmount Square - Office & Residential Tower Complex, Westmount
- Nuns' Island - 3 Residential towers and a filling station (closed), Montreal (c.1969)
- Czech Republic
- Tugendhat House - Residential Home, Brno
- Germany
- Riehl House - Residential Home, Potsdam (1907)
- Peris House - Residential Home, Zehlendorf (1911)
- Werner House - Residential Home, Zehlendorf (1913)
- Urbig House - Residential Home, Potsdam (1917)
- Kempner House - Residential Home, Charlottenburg (1922)
- Eichstaedt House - Residential Home, Wannsee (1922)
- Feldmann House - Residential Home, Wilmersdorf (1922)
- Mosler House - Residential Home, Babelsberg (1926)
- Weissenhof Estate - Housing Exhibition coordinated by Mies and with a contribution by him, Stuttgart (1927)
- Lemke House - Residential Home, Weissensee (1932)
- Haus Lange/Haus Ester - Residential Home and an art museum, Krefeld
- New National Gallery - Modern Art Museum, Berlin
- Mexico
- Bacardi Office Building - Office Building, Mexico City
- Spain
- Barcelona Pavilion - World's Fair Pavilion, Barcelona
- United States
- Cullinan Hall - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- The Promontory Apartments - Residential Apartment Complex, Chicago
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library - District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC
- Richard King Mellon Hall of Science - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (1968)
- IBM Plaza - Office Tower, Chicago
- Meredith Hall - College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
- Lake Shore Drive Apartments - Residential Apartment Towers, Chicago
- Seagram Building - Office Tower, New York City (1958)
- Crown Hall - College of Architecture, and other buildings, at the Illinois Institute of Technology (1956)
- University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration - Chicago, IL (1965)
- Farnsworth House - Residential Home, Plano, Illinois (1946)
- Chicago Federal Center
- Dirksen Federal Building - Office Tower, Chicago
- Kluczynski Federal Building - Office Tower, Chicago
- United States Post Office Loop Station - General Post Office, Chicago
- One Illinois Center - Office Tower, Chicago
- One Charles Center - Office Tower, Baltimore, Maryland
- Highfield House Condominium | 4000 North Charles - Condominium Apartments, Baltimore, Maryland
- Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments - Residential Apartment Complex, Newark, New Jersey (1959)
- Lafayette Park - Residential Apartment Complex, Detroit, Michigan (1963).
- Commonwealth Promenade Apartments - Residential Apartment Complex, Chicago (1957)
- Caroline Weiss Law Building, Cullinan Hall (1958) and Brown Pavilion (1974) additions, Museum of Fine Art, Houston
- Richard King Mellon Building (1968) at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
- American Life Building - Louisville, Kentucky (1973; completed after Mies's death by Bruno Conterato) read more at wiki
Editorial Reviews
Language Notes
Text: English
Introduction: French, German, Italian, Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Details
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: St Martins Pr (December 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312532156
ISBN-13: 978-0312532154
Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
Architectural projects illustrated by B&W photos, plans, sections, elevations, hard line axonometric views, hand sketches, and short text descriptions; ISBN: 085670685X (PB), ISBN: 085670881X (HC), ISBN: 0312532156 (PB), ISBN: 0312532148 (HC) only.
CONTENTS:
7 Foreword
11 Mies in Germany by Sandra Honey
EARLY HOUSES
26 Villa Riehi
28 Villa Werner
30 Villa Eichstaedt
32 Villa Perls
35 Villa Mosler
36 Villa Urbig
EARLY PROJECTS
38 Office Building
40 Glass Skyscraper
41 Concrete Office Building
Brick Country House
42 Concrete Country House
Traffic Control Tower
SOCIAL HOUSING
43 Afrikanische Strasse
45 Weissenhofsiedlung
Skin Projects
46 Alexanderplatz
47 Adam Building
Stuttgart Bank Building
EXHIBITIONS
48 Weissenhof Exhibition
`Mode der Dame' Exhibition
50 Barcelona Exhibition
52 Berlin `Deutsches Volk' Exhibition
Berlin Building Exhibition
53 Furniture
BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS
55 Luxemburg/Liebknecht Memorial
56 Haus Wolf
58 Haus Lange
60 Haus Esters
62 Barcelona Pavilion
70 Model Houses
72 Haus Tugendhat
78 Silk Industry Complex
80 Haus Lemke
PROJECTS
82 War Memorial
Reichsbank
84 Krefeld Administration Building
COURT-HOUSES
86 Courthouse projects
88 Gericke House
89 Hubbe House
90 Ulrich Lange House
SINGLE SPACE PROJECTS
91 House on a Hillside
Brussels Pavilion
93 Resor House
95 Mies van der Rohe: An Appreciation by Adrian Gale
101 Mies by James Gowan
102 Chronology of Mies' work in Europe
104 Bibliography
106 Résumés: French, German, Italian, Spanish
