Mies van der Rohe
Subtitle: Lake Shore Drive apartments : high-rise building = wohnhochnaus
By: Werner Blaser ; [translation into English: Katja Steiner, Bruce Almberg, Ehingen].
Publisher: Birkhäuser; Birkhauser Verlag
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Basel; Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
Subjects: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969; High-rise apartment buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago; Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
Description: "The texts were written by a single person (complemented by a report from an inhabitant); the photographs, reproduced in duotone, all come from the same lens using an approach repeated again and again. Both attempt to show the objective state of affairs of Mies van der Rohe's solitary buildings with carefully collected and organized materials. An inner confrontation over decades opened up access to Mies' oeuvre for Werner Blaser, and thus, to this publication."--BOOK JACKET.

"The legacy of Mies van der Rohe's most fruitful intentions is thus visually assessed with in part unpublished picture material. Those with a more critical attitude will also be creatively confronted with the roots of good architecture through the intensity of the presentation, which will hopefully provide new stimulus."--BOOK JACKET.