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- Condition
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- Revised Edition
- Type
- Biography
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Illustrated, Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- ISBN
- 9780226756004
- Book Title
- Mies Van Der Rohe : a Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Architecture
- Topic
- Individual Architects & Firms / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, History / General
- Item Width
- 7in
- Item Weight
- 44 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 512 Pages
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Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography is a major rewriting and expansion of Franz Schulze's acclaimed 1985 biography, the first full treatment of the master German-American modern architect. Coauthored with architect Edward Windhorst, this revised edition, three times the length of the original text, features extensive new research and commentary and draws on the best recent work of American and German scholars. The authors' major new discoveries include the massive transcript of the early-1950s Farnsworth House court case, which discloses for the first time the facts about Mies's epic battle with his client Edith Farnsworth. Giving voice to dozens of architects who knew and worked with (and sometimes against) Mies, this comprehensive biography tells the compelling story of how Mies and his students and followers created some of the most significant buildings of the twentieth century.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226756009
ISBN-13
9780226756004
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114155804
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mies Van Der Rohe : a Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Individual Architects & Firms / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, History / General
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Architecture
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
1.8in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
44 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Na1088.M65s38 2012
Edition Description
Revised Edition,New Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
"A herculean, generally successful effort to present Mies's work in terms of both character and context. . . .This book has obviously been a long labor of love and respect for which no source has been left untouched.", One recent book, however, has been largely overlooked by reviewers, perhaps because it appears to be merely a revised edition of a volume that Mies lovers already have on their bookshelves. Other than the title, though, the book is a completely different animal. . . . Fresh research into Mies's American commissions, among them the troubled history of his most alluring American residential work--a transparent glass house for the eminent nephrologist Dr. Edith Farnsworth--has resulted in an almost entirely new book., This excellent revised edition of a work originally published in 1985, has 138 illustrations, incisive descriptions of Mies' innovative creations and a fascinating account of his Pyrrhic victory in a lawsuit against his disaffected client Edith Farnsworth., This authoritative biography of Mies van der Rohe has been updated through building records, the recollections of students and a court transcript. It's a gripping read, even if you're not a fan., One recent book, however, has been largely overlooked by reviewers, perhaps because it appears to be merely a revised edition of a volume that Mies lovers already have on their bookshelves. Other than the title, though, the book is a completely different animal. . . . Fresh research into Mies's American commissions, among them the troubled history of his most alluring American residential work-a transparent glass house for the eminent nephrologist Dr. Edith Farnsworth-has resulted in an almost entirely new book.", Franz Schulze's 1985 biography of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has always been acknowledged as the most comprehensive and thoughtful biography of one of the key figures in 20th Century Architecture. This revised edition with significant new scholarship by its two authors will undoubtedly come to occupy the same position., "A herculean, generally successful effort to present Mies's work in terms of both character and context. . . .This book has obviously been a long labor of love and respect for which no source has been left untouched."-Ada Louise Huxtable, on the previous edition, One recent book, however, has been largely overlooked by reviewers, perhaps because it appears to be merely a revised edition of a volume that Mies lovers already have on their bookshelves. Other than the title, though, the book is a completely different animal. . . . Fresh research into Mies's American commissions, among them the troubled history of his most alluring American residential work-a transparent glass house for the eminent nephrologist Dr. Edith Farnsworth-has resulted in an almost entirely new book., "Franz Schulze's 1985 biography of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has always been acknowledged as the most comprehensive and thoughtful biography of one of the key figures in 20th Century Architecture. This revised edition with significant new scholarship by its two authors will undoubtedly come to occupy the same position."-Dietrich Neumann, Brown University , The most comprehensive book ever written about the master designer and, by any measure, the best. . . . Because no writer has ever before probed into Mies's life at such depth, we have here the first definitive reconstruction of the architect's personal habits, loves, fears, triumphs, loneliness and (in his old age) agonies., A herculean, generally successful effort to present Mies's work in terms of both character and context. . . .This book has obviously been a long labor of love and respect for which no source has been left untouched., Franz Schulze's 1985 biography of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has always been acknowledged as the most comprehensive and thoughtful biography of one of the key figures in twentieth-century architecture. This revised edition with significant new scholarship by its two authors will undoubtedly come to occupy the same position., "The most comprehensive book ever written about the master designer and, by any measure, the best. . . . Because no writer has ever before probed into Mies's life at such depth, we have here the first definitive reconstruction of the architect's personal habits, loves, fears, triumphs, loneliness and (in his old age) agonies."-Paul Gapp, Chicago Tribune , on the previous edition
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Preface Prologue 1. Youth in Imperial Germany: 1886-1905 2. Apprenticeship, Marriage, and World War: 1905-18 3. Europe out of the Ashes: 1918-26 4. Weimar at High Tide: 1926-30 5. Political Crises and the End of the Bauhaus: 1930-36 6. America Beckons: 1936-38 7. Architect and Educator: 1938-49 8. A New Architectural Language: 1946-53 9. The 1940s 10. The Farnsworth Saga: 1946-55 11. American Apogee: Residential Work 1950-59 12. American Apogee: Commercial and Institutional Work 1950-59 13. Worldwide Practice: The 1960s 14. Was Less Less? 1959-69 15. Recessional: 1962-69 Acknowledgments Appendix A: Protégés Appendix B: Mies's Career, in Publications and Exhibitions Notes Bibliographic Afterword Index
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
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Lccn
2011-050382
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Yes
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