Style Guide: Modernism and the International Style

Explores the life and work of Van der Rohe

Documents Mies van der Rohe's oeuvre as furniture designer and architect in the context of his three major European projects in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno.

Sets the Farnsworth House (Plano, Illinois, 1946-51) within its historical context and details every aspect of the building's life from its conception and building through legal wrangles and flood damage to its reconstruction.

The Tugendhat House in Brno, Czech Republic, planned and built by Mies van der Rohe from 1928-1930, is undisputedly one of the architect's masterpieces, and must be considered one of the most outstanding buildings of European modernism.

The story of modern architecture is told here through the lives and works of three men who changed the face of the cities we live in: France' Le Corbusier, Germany's Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and America's Frank Lloyd Wright.

Traces the multifaceted development of his work, including his first Berlin buildings, his villa projects, his work at the Bauhaus in the 1930s, and his American projects of the postwar years. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Analyzes Mies' design intentions: it reconstructs the buildings in their orginal state, examines them from the present day persepctive and rediscovers the inspiring architecture of a great modern master. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).