Mies In Berlin

by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Barry Bergdoll, Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Andres Lepik, Jan Maruhn, Detlef Mertins, Wallis Miller, Fritz Neumeyer, Wolf Tegethoff

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Editorial Reviews

Now in Paperback
Winner of the Society of Architectural Historians 2002 Philip Johnson Award for Excellence
This in-depth look at Mies van der Rohe's early career is the first to examine the architect's work in Europe in terms of its specific historical and cultural contexts, rather than the more formal arguments of the International Style. While earlier studies have described a fundamental break between Mies's neoclassical work prior to 1919 and the more avant-garde work of the 1920s, recent research demonstrates that the transformation was much more gradual. Here 11 scholars and architectural historians explore particular aspects of Mies's work, together shedding new light on the continual interplay of tradition and innovation, nature and abstraction, in the evolution of his design theories and methods. With a wealth of photographs and drawings, many not previously published, this book conveys the dynamic intellectual ferment of this formative period in the life of one of architecture's towering figures. This volume is published to accompany a groundbreaking 2001 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Edited by Terence Riley and Barry Bergdoll.
Essays by Terence Riley, Barry Bergdoll, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Detlef Mertins, Wolf Tegethoff, Fritz Neumeyer, Jan Maruhn, Andres Lepik, Wallis Miller and Rosemarie Haag Bletter.
Photographs by Thomas Ruff.

Paperback, 9.5 x 9.5 in., 392 pages, 104 color & 490 duotone illustrations

Customer Reviews

A Fine Book for a Great Architect , 2006-08-19
by Marco Antonio Abarca (Colorado)

Mies emmigrated to the United States in 1938. He was fifty two years old and had been an architect for over thirty years. Who could have known that his best and most productive years were still ahead of him. "Mies in Berlin" is a look back at the first three decades of his career. It is fascinating to see Mies' work in the years before the Great War. He was a conventional architect working in a very conservative style. Starting in 1920, Mies' surprising creativity and original vision burst forth. Along Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, he was one of the father's of modernism and what became known as the "International Style".

This volume is produced by the Museum of Modern Art and it is one of the finest art books that I have ever seen. It seems as though no expense was spared in producing this volume. There are images of Mies' early work that you will never see in any other volume. It is such a beautifully produced book that it is better to spend the money and purchase the hardback edition. Highly recommended.

modern history, 2002-02-22
by EHN (New York, NY USA)

A thorough analysisof the early career of Mies. Places him in a historical context which should be refreshing to anyone interested in the history of the modern movement in architecture.