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(H/B) MIES VAN DER ROHE
Famed for his motto "less is more," Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was one of the founding fathers of modern architecture and a hotly-debated tastemaker of twentieth-century aesthetics and urban experience. Mies van der Rohe's philosophy was one of underlying truth in pure forms and proportions. With the help of contemporary technological and material developments, he sought a stripped-down purity to architecture, showcased by the likes of the Seagram Building and Farnsworth House. Some spoke out against this stark approach as the pr...
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ΜΙΣ ΒΑΝ ΝΤΕΡ ΡΟΕ, 1886-1969
"Η οικοδομική τέχνη δεν είναι στην πραγματικότητα αντικείμενο έξυπνης κερδοσκοπίας, είναι κατανοητή μόνο σαν βιολογική λειτουργία, σαν έκφραση της ικανότητας του ανθρώπου να επιβληθεί στο περιβάλλον του και να το δαμάσει" (Μις Βαν Ντερ Ρόε) (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ)...
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(H/B) MIES VAN DER ROHE
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was not fond of frequent public pronouncement. Nevertheless, he left behind a substantial body of works, both constructed and unbuilt, from which a modern theory of architecture emerges with particular, organic clarity. His published statements were few and eminently well reasoned. His buildings, equally, are well thought-out, clearly formulated responses to the architectural challenges of the 2Oth century. His output, particularly over the second half of his career, gives evidence of a carefully considered, highly...
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MIES VAN DER ROHE (BASIC ARCHITECTURE / SERIES)