Looking for Mies
By: Ricardo Daza ; [translation from Spanish into English, Paul Hammond]
Contributors: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
Publisher: ACTAR; Birkhäuser; Birkhauser Verlag
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Barcelona; Basel; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, -- 1886-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation; Crown Hall (Chicago, Ill.); Modern movement (Architecture) -- United States; Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings,  structures, etc
Work titles: Buscando a Mies.
Description: "Mies van der Rohe in a steel and glass building smoking a cigar - this historical photograph of the world-famous architect fascinated and intrigued the author so much that he painstakingly researched the events surrounding it. He takes the reader step by step through all the architectonic and personal details in the photograph, interpreting and analysing them. With the tension of a detective story, he examines the evidence, makes deductions and gradually brings to light elements of Mies' biography, enhanced by attractive sequences of illustrations. From this one photograph the author draws a skillful picture of Mies - the architecture, the man and his character."--Jacket.