Looking for Mies [Paperback]

Ricardo Daza (Author), P. Hammond (Translator), A. Tetas (Assistant)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 21, 2000

Mies van der Rohe in a steel and glass building smoking a cigar - this historical photograph of the world-famous architect fascinated and intrigued Richard Daza so much that he painstakingly researched the events surrounding it. He takes the reader step by step through all the architectonic and personal details in the photograph, interpreting and analysing them. With the tension of a thriller, he examines the evidence, makes deductions and gradually brings to light elements of Mies' biography, enhanced by attractive sequences of illustrations. From this one photograph the author draws a skillful picture of Mies - the architecture, the man and his character. In cooperation with Actar, Barcelona

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel; 1 edition (August 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3764362383
• ISBN-13: 978-3764362386
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,211,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book, April 22, 2003

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Ruben Osuna Guerrero "rosuna" (Madrid Espana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Looking for Mies (Paperback)

This book is a jewel. Ricardo Daza examines a picture asking himself where is Mies in the Crown Hall? The deductive process allows us to know who was Mies Van der Rohe and how he thought on Architecture.
Do not less pass the opportunity and buy this book. Wonderful.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buscando a Mies, February 3, 2003

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Cesar A Velandia Silva (Calexico, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Looking for Mies (Paperback)

As architect I highly recommend this book. And as a friend of Ricardo I have been witness of all the Sherlock Holmesque deductions, presumptions and findings. Leaded by Master Pep Quetglas in Barcelona's Escuela Tecnica de Arquitectura, 'Looking for Mies' is surrounded by a Walter Benjamin theory about the spirit of history its interpretation and how not follow the "History of the Lords" printed in megalomaniac books. This time, one photograph could be the excuse to review a lot of singularities of architect's behavior and his exceptional work.
Using the facts in a supossed defined place a photo was taken. Through the photographer's eye, our position sense and deductional processes will help us to find no only where was Mies in a building, but a beautiful methodology inspired by John Berger that give to us the opportunity to perform how Mies and his architecture want to be watched and experienced.
This work would be the first step of a PHD thesis about another one grand: Le Corbusier. Only have to say is Ricardo Daza is a colombian talent to keep eye forward.