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mies van der rohe. mies's phrase "less is more" became the essence of mid-20th-century architecture .........................................................................
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| mies van der rohe is best known today as the leading and most influential exponent of the refined glass-and-steel architecture of the mid-20th-century. see mies' biography and work
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| two important shows have opened in new york to celebrate the father of modern architecture: the whitney and the MoMA have coordinated various aspects of their mies exhibitions, including opening events and online presentation. the two institutions have teamed up on a co-branded website at both http://www.moma.org/mies http://www.whitney.org/mies --- mies in berlin museum of modern art, new york june 21 to september 11, 2001 'mies in berlin' is the first in-depth look at the early career of architect ludwig mies van der rohe. the exhibition and accompanying publication examine all of mies's architectural work, including his more traditional projects, from the time he arrived in berlin in 1905 and established his practice there in 1913, until his emigration to the united states in 1938. 'mies in berlin' features 47 of mies's projects in europe, represented by over 288 drawings and 14 scale models specifically commissioned for the exhibition, in addition to the architect's own model of the tugendhat house in brno, czech republic. new and archival photographs of mies buildings are presented along with presentation renderings by architects karl friedrich schinkel, peter behrens, and hendrik petrus berlage, mies's acknowledged masters. original paintings, sculptures, drawings, and films featured in 'G', including works by man ray, marcel duchamp, and others, will also be shown. the exhibition is organized by terence riley, chief curator, department of architecture and design at the museum of modern art, and barry bergdoll, professor of art history, columbia university. 'mies in berlin' will subsequently travel to: the altes museum, berlin (december 14, 2001, to march 10, 2002); the fundacio la caixa, barcelona (july 30 to september 29, 2002) --- mies in america whitney museum of american art, new york june 21 to september 23, 2001 this exhibition looks at mies's work from the time he established himself in chicago in 1938 until his death in 1969. 'mies in america' will present some 220 drawings made by mies and members of his office; 60 photographs of mies, his colleagues and his projects; and models of four key buildings: resor house (jackson hole, wyoming, 1937-38), the convention hall (chicago, 1953-54), the seagram building (new york city, 1954-58) and the new national gallery (berlin, 1962-68). an intellectual and artistic context is provided through presentations of some of the books from mies's extensive library and artworks by wassily kandinsky, paul klee and kurt schwitters from his noteworthy personal collection. curated by phyllis lambert, founding director and chair of the canadian centre for architecture (CCA), whose association with mies began in 1954 when she selected him to design the seagram building and served as the project's director of planning, and who subsequently earned her degree in architecture at the illinois institute of technology. after its showing at the whitney museum, M 'mies in america' will be presented at: the CCA in montreal (october 17, 2001 - january 20, 2002); the museum of contemporary art, chicago (february 16 - may 26, 2002). --- see the beautiful book mies van der rohe in america  edited by phyllis lambert, cca, the whitney museum of american art and hatje cantz, 2001 http://www.hatjecantz.de --- ---  ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------  |
 mies in the doorway of the riehl house, 1910 courtesy the museum of modern art, new york  sky-scraper project, friedrichstrasse berlin, 1921 courtesy the museum of modern art, new york  new national gallery, berlin (1962 -1968)  8:00 pm, 26 september 1988 toronto-dominion center, toronto (1963-1969). ludwig mies van der rohe photo: peter mac callum © detlef mertins courtesy canadian center for architecture, montreal |
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