Claire Zimmerman
Auteur de Mies Van Der Rohe
A propos de l'auteur
Claire Zimmerman is associate professor of architectural history at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969: The Structure of Space.
Crédit image: Unattributed photo at Taubman College faculty directory
Œuvres de Claire Zimmerman
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- female
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 236
- Popularité
- #95,935
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 30
- Langues
- 7
Inspired by P. Behrens basic “building types” and H.P. Berlage’s “clear constructions” Ludwig Mies developed the archetypical buildings of the world as we know it today. Unlike the highrises that dot the suburbs in your city, Mies used high quality building materials, and that certainly helped in making them seem pleasant to work or live in. Unfortunately, Mies dedicated less of his intellectual powers to the use of buildings. He flatly accepted that it was problematic to show art in his Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Given the building’s potential he thought he did not have to take that fact into account. Equally, his Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois looks beautiful and ethereal, but proved difficult to live in.
This little coffee table book summarises it quite nicely.… (plus d'informations)