Mies

Mies is a monograph on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century, whose houses, skyscrapers, museums and multi-building campuses are known for their beauty and purity. Detlef Mertins sets the work in its aesthetic and intellectual context and shows how interests in philosophy and science informed the architecture.

The text discusses the most important buildings and projects in depth, among them the Barcelona Pavilion, the Tugendhat House in Brno, S. R. Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and the New National Gallery in Berlin. More than 700 drawings, photographs, plans and diagrams accompany it. The 544-page hardback is now issued with a new cover.