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Claire Zimmerman

    Claire Zimmerman
    Mies van der Rohe : 1886-1969 : struktura prostoru
    Mīsu-van-Derurōe
    Photographic Architecture in the Twentieth Century
    Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969 : the structure of space
    Architecture Against Democracy
    Mies van der Rohe
    • Mies van der Rohe

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
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      This book explores more than 20 of his projects between 1906 and 1967, from his early work around Berlin to his most important American buildings.

      Mies van der Rohe
    • Architecture Against Democracy

      Histories of the Nationalist International

      Examining architecture's foundational role in the repression of democracy Reinhold Martin and Claire Zimmerman bring together essays from an array of scholars exploring the troubled relationship between architecture and antidemocratic politics. Comprising detailed case studies throughout the world spanning from the early nineteenth century to the present, Architecture against Democracy analyzes crucial occasions when the built environment has been harnessed as an instrument of authoritarian power. Alongside chapters focusing on paradigmatic episodes from twentieth-century German and Italian fascism, the contributors examine historic and contemporary events and subjects that are organized thematically, including the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, Ellis Island infrastructure, the aftermath of the Paris Commune, Cold War West Germany and Iraq, Frank Lloyd Wright's domestic architecture, and Istanbul's Taksim Square. Through the range and depth of these accounts, Architecture against Democracy presents a selective overview of antidemocratic processes as they unfold in the built environment throughout Western modernity, offering an architectural history of the recent "nationalist international." As new forms of nationalism and authoritarian rule proliferate across the globe, this timely collection offers fresh understandings of the role of architecture in the opposition to democracy. Contributors: Esra Akcan, Cornell U; Can Bilsel, U of San Diego; José H. Bortoluci, Getulio Vargas Foundation; Charles L. Davis II, U of Texas at Austin; Laura diZerega; Eve Duffy, Duke U; María González Pendás, Cornell U; Paul B. Jaskot, Duke U; Ana María León, Harvard U; Ruth W. Lo, Hamilton College; Peter Minosh, Northeastern U; Itohan Osayimwese, Brown U; Kishwar Rizvi, Yale U; Naomi Vaughan; Nader Vossoughian, New York Institute of Technology and Columbia U; Mabel O. Wilson, Columbia U.

      Architecture Against Democracy
    • Er prägte das Motto „weniger ist mehr“ – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) war einer der Gründerväter der modernen Architektur und beeinflusste die Ästhetik des Städtebaus im 20. Jahrhundert maßgeblich, wenn auch nicht immer unumstritten. Mies van der Rohe propagierte auf der Suche nach einer elementaren Wahrheit reine Formen und Proportionen . Anhand von moderner Technologie und neuesten Materialien konzipierte er Bauwerke von puristischer Schlichtheit wie zum Beispiel das Seagram Building oder Farnsworth House . Seine Kritiker wandten ein, dass dieser extreme Ansatz monotone und kaum voneinander unterscheidbare Stadtbilder hervorbringen würde, während andere in ihm den Meister einer eleganten Essenz sahen. Dieser Band stellt über 20 von Mies van der Rohes Projekten aus der Zeit zwischen 1906 und 1967 vor und beleuchtet seine bahnbrechenden Ideen sowie seinen Einfluss in Amerika und Europa.

      Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969 : the structure of space
    • Claire Zimmerman reveals how photography profoundly influenced architectural design in the past century, playing an instrumental role in the evolution of modern architecture. This richly illustrated work shows, for the first time, how new ideas and new buildings arose from the interplay of photography and architecture--transforming how we see the world and how we act on it.

      Photographic Architecture in the Twentieth Century
    • Monografie německo-amerického architekta Ludwiga Miese van der Rohe (1886–1969), jedné ze zakladatelských osobností moderní architektury. Mies neprošel akademickým vzděláním, jako člen Bauhausu (1930–1933 jeho ředitel) vyšel z prostého tvarosloví klasických forem. Proslavil se svou zásadou „méně je více“, která vyjadřovala jeho hledání čisté elegance architektonického výrazu. Kniha obsahuje obsáhlý úvodní biografický text a dále představuje na asi 120 ilustracích Miesovy nejvýznamnější stavby, mezi nimi Německý pavilon na Mezinárodní výstavě v Barceloně (1928–1929) nebo brněnskou vilu Tugendhat (1929–1930).

      Mies van der Rohe : 1886-1969 : struktura prostoru