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The monograph Mies in Brno. The Tugendhat House is the first comprehensive work about the history of this celebrated icon of modern architecture, from its origins up to its renovation and restoration in 2010-2012. It presents not only well-known facts about the building but also a range of new information which has so far not been published. The book loosely follows on from the ambitious publication projects tracing Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's work in the USA and in Germany (Mies in America and Mies in Berlin).

"The villa of Greta and Fritz Tugendhat was designed by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe over the years 1928-1929. It consists of a unique work of art in terms of its construction, space arrangement, interior furnishings, technical equipment and placement into the natural setting. A steel support structure in the form of columns on a cross-shaped floor plan was used for the first time in a private home in the history of architecture. The interior contains rare materials: Italian travertine, onyx from Morocco, woods from south-east Asia. Lilly Reich, Sergius Ruegenberg and Markéta Roderová-Müllerová cooperated on the designs. The built-in furniture was produced by the Brno company Standard bytová spolecnost of Jan Vanek. The technical aspects were also remarkable, the warm-air heating and cooling, the electric powering of the windows and the electric eye at the entrance. The structure was realized over the years 1929-1930 by the Brno construction company of the brothers Artur and Moric Eisler." -- contracoberta