Mies van der Rohe at work / Peter Carter.

By:

Carter, Peter James

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Phaidon, 1999.Description: 192 p. : ill. ; 25 x 29 cmISBN:

0714838969 (pbk.)

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Review: "Mies's structural and spatial concepts are analysed through his three major building prototypes, specifically the skeleton frame building, both in its high- and low-rise manifestations, and the clear-span building. His most important projects are also examined, not only as isolated functions, but within the context of urban space." "Mies van der Rohe also made a significant contribution to architectural education, first at the Bauhaus in the early 1930s, and later in the USA as Director of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The book devotes a section to the architect as educator which is illustrated with examples drawn from Mies's students at IIT. The final section of the book traces his life from his early years as the son of a stonemason to his eventual emergence as the twentieth-century's master architect of steel and glass, and includes statements by Mies van der Rohe and his colleagues."--BOOK JACKET.

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Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Open Collection	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	Open Collection	FCUC Library	720.92 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00014466

Total holds: 0

Originally published: 1974.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Mies's structural and spatial concepts are analysed through his three major building prototypes, specifically the skeleton frame building, both in its high- and low-rise manifestations, and the clear-span building. His most important projects are also examined, not only as isolated functions, but within the context of urban space." "Mies van der Rohe also made a significant contribution to architectural education, first at the Bauhaus in the early 1930s, and later in the USA as Director of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The book devotes a section to the architect as educator which is illustrated with examples drawn from Mies's students at IIT. The final section of the book traces his life from his early years as the son of a stonemason to his eventual emergence as the twentieth-century's master architect of steel and glass, and includes statements by Mies van der Rohe and his colleagues."--BOOK JACKET.

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