Mies by Detlef Mertins (Phaidon 2014) is a well-researched, comprehensive, and most readable book about the controversial architect genius Mies van der Rohe.
The purity of Mies’s architecture is almost surprising in light of the diversity of his interests. An autodidact, Mies studied philosophy and science as well as architecture and design. Author Detlef Mertins spent over ten years researching and writing this comprehensive monograph and in addition to traveling to see his buildings and reading nearly everything written by and about Mies, Mertins also conducted a detailed study of the architectural, philosophical and scientific literature in Mies’s own library. The result is a lucid text that not only gives the reader detailed insight into all of Mies’s work, but which also explores the variety of ideas that influenced this exceptional figure. The scholarship is rigorous, but the accessible writing and the highly visual, project-by-project presentation invites readers to explore further.
– Detlef Mertins, Mies (Phaidon, 2014), excerpt from the book description
The text is in English. The book is lavishly illustrated with photograph, architectural drawings, sketches, and other visual material.
Our copy in stock is in very good condition. The pages are clean, no markings. The binding is fine. The transparent plastic dust jacket shows only some small traces of shelf wear.