Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Third and updated edition

by Jean-Louis Cohen

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was one of the leading figures of twentieth-century architecture. For architects and many others who are committed to the modernist tradition, he is a pivotal figure. With in-depth, scholarly essays and opulent photographs and plans, this book 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.Jean-Louis Cohen was the director of the Institut fran�ais d'architecture until 2003 and is currently a professor at New York University. He has an established reputation as a leading international historian of architecture. His broad and encompassing perspective makes this book a reliable and comprehensive introduction to the work of Mies van der Rohe.Ludwig Mies van der Rohe geh�rte zu den f�hrenden Pers�nlichkeiten in der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts und ist f�r Architekten und viele andere, die sich der Tradition der Moderne verpflichtet haben, eine Schl�sselfigur. Mit wissenschaftlich fundierten Texten und opulentem Plan- und Fotomaterial zeichnet das Buch die facettenreiche Entwicklung seines Werkes Die ersten Berliner Bauten, seine Villenprojekte und T�tigkeit am Bauhaus in den drei�iger Jahren sowie die amerikanischen Projekte der Nachkriegszeit.Jean-Louis Cohen, bis 2003 Direktor des Institut fran�ais d'architecture und zur Zeit Professor an der New York University, hat einen etablierten Ruf als international f�hrender Architekturhistoriker. Seine umfassende Perspektive macht das Buch zu einer verl�sslichen Einf�hrung in das Werk Mies van der Rohes.

Genres: Architecture

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 27, 1995

About the author

Jean-Louis Cohen (20 July 1949 – 7 August 2023) was a French architect and architectural historian specializing in modern architecture and city planning.

Reviews

[mariaaa ❀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

it’s such a shame such a great designer was so apolitical and akin to work with the elite and corporations and then had the nerve to claim architecture mimics life and politics and civilization…my guy was detached at best. sigh, that won’t stop me from loving his work. Oh, little old white male architects I’ll never know what to think of you.