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Mies

Detlef Mertins

2014544 pagesabout 8–12 hours
2014
first published
  • 2020Phaidon Press Limited · 544 pages · ENGISBN 9781838661069
  • 2024Phaidon Press Limited · ENGISBN 9781838668174
  • 2014Phaidon Press · 544 pages · ENGISBN 9780714839622

"Arranged in chronological order, the book's five sections and its conclusion offer a synthetic portrait of Mies's career and reception, spanning sixty years, two continents and two world wars. The text tells a continuous story, however, most chapters focus on a significant work (the Seagram building or the IIT campus), allowing for an in-depth presentation of photographs and drawings; other chapters focus on a specific event in Mies's life (such Mies's time as the head of the Bauhaus)."--publisher.

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