Mies Van Der Rohe at Work

Author(s): Peter Carter

Architecture

A document of Mies van der Rohe's philosophy of architecture, his way of working and his rigorous teaching methodology. The text examines, through statistics, photographs and detailed drawings, the most illustrious buildings of the architect's career. Author Peter Carter, who studied and later worked with Mies for 13 years, began the book while an associate with Mies van der Rohe's firm. Mies' structural and spatial concepts are analyzed through his three major building prototypes, specifically the skeleton frame building, both in it high- and low-rise manifestations, and the clear span buildings.


Product Information

Structural and spatial concepts; three projects - introduction; glass skyscraper; concrete office building; brick country house; two seminal buildings - introduction; Barcelona Pavilion; Tugendhat House; projects 1931-8 - introduction; court houses; Resor House; Brussels Pavilion; structural and special concepts - summary; three building types - introduction; high-rise skeleton frame buildings - introduction; office buildings; apartment buildings; three skin solutions; scale; 860 Lake Shore Drive apartments; Commonwealth Promenade Apartments; Colonnade Apartments; Seagram Building; Toronto Dominion Bank Tower; US Courthouse and Federal Office Building; low-rise skeleton frame buildings - introduction; Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering Building at IIT; the Commons at IIT; library and administration building; clear span buildings - introduction; Farnsworth House; Crown Hall at IIT; National Theatre, Mannheim; New National Gallery, Berlin; Convention Hall; structure, materials and detailing; three building types - summary; urban spaces; Illinois Institute of Technology - a campus in the city; 860 Lake Shore Apartments; Lafayette Park; Seagram Building; Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Des Moines; Chicago Federal Center; Toronto-Dominion Center; Westmount Square; a new city square and office tower in the city of London; Plaza detailing; landscaping; urban spaces - summary; education of architects.

General Fields

  • : 9780714838960
  • : 12427
  • : 12427
  • : 1.179
  • : 30 September 1999
  • : 250mm X 290mm X 23mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Peter Carter
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • : 720.92
  • : 192
  • : 240 b&W illustrations, 160 line drawings, notes, bibliography, index