Claire ZimmermanReseñas
Autor de Mies van der Rohe
Reseñas
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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.½