Looking for Mies

by Ricardo Daza, P. Hammond (Translator), A. Tetas (Assistant)

Mies van der Rohe in a steel and glass building smoking a cigar - this historical photograph of the world-famous architect fascinated and intrigued Richard Daza 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 thriller, 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. In cooperation with Actar, Barcelona

Genres: Architecture

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 21, 2000

Reviews

[Kiana kassai · Rating 5 out of 5]

انتشارات مشکی به ترجمه‌ی علیرضا شلویری این کتاب رو چاپ کرده.
کتاب کوتاهه اما روایت بسیار جذابی داره.
جذابیت این کتاب برای من در فعلِ " دیدن" و نحوه‌ی صرف‌ش توسط نویسنده‌ بود.
دیزاین همه جا حضور داره. پشت هر چیزِ ساده‌ای،حتی یک عکس.

[Mimona Masarwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly while I had picked the book up on an impulse, it turned out to be an interesting book.

Getting to know the building and the architect just by analysing one single picture is pretty unique and impressive. the book is put up in a way that will keep us reading into it to discover the next thing without caring about the time.

Thought the book has more pictures than words, I still can say with confidence, if the reader is completely focused while reading he will learn plenty of things about the building, the photographer, the site of the building, the architect- personality and lifestyle- plus how he designed the crown hall institute. furthermore, from the whole book, he will discover how to analyze one single picture, uncovering a whole new side of it.

**Highly recommended - since I had a great time reading it :')

[Reza Valinejad · Rating 4 out of 5]

تصور من در رابطه با کتابی با این عنوان این بود که در ارتباط با کارهای میس و جستجوی میس در کارهای اوست اما کاملا غافلگیر شدم. غافلگیر از زاویه دید نویسنده نه به آثار میس بلکه یک عکسی که در یکی از کارهای میس یعنی کرون هال گرفته شده است. و عنوان کتاب رفرنسی مستقیم به موضوع است. نویسنده در جستجوی میس در این عکس است. این که کجای ساختمان کرون هال ایستاده و به چه چیزی نگاه میکند. به شخصه این تیزبینی و نکته سنجی نویسنده برای منی که معمار هستم و نیازمند تقویت این خصلت در خودم جذاب بود.

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting concept for the book. Using this one photo, the author acted as detective to find out as much about Mies as he could. Most of this information is pretty common knowledge for people who went to his school and worked at his firm, but it was still a fun little read.

[Stephanie Villalobos · Rating 5 out of 5]

GOD IS IN THE DETAILS, I think that`s is the general idea about this book. Mies said it.