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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 français 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118984 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-03
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 191 pages

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• ISBN13: 9783764379605
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author

Jean-Louis Cohen was the director of the Institut français d’architecture until 2003 and is currently a professor at New York University. He has established his reputation as a leading international historian of architecture with major English-language publications on a range of subjects, including Le Corbusier and the history of European-American architecture.

Customer Reviews

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
This book (no dust jacket but printed cover HB) calls itself the "second and updated edition." However, I don't think the first edition (1994) ever made it here from France. This edition contains some beautiful color photos and a list "principal projects," so that not all of LMvdR's work is included. It is a much smaller tome than the two books produced in 2001 for the exhibits in New York (MoMA and Whitney): "Mies in America" and "Mies in Berlin" although they are not listed in the bibliography. Unfortunately, this volume suffers from the same graphic "design" flaw as the former (but not the latter): the pages are numbered in the edges of the spine, makling them almost impossible to find!