TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kleinman,Kent
AU  - Van Duzer,Leslie
AU  - Mies van der Rohe,Ludwig
TI  - Mies van der Rohe: the Krefeld villas 
SN  - 1568985037
AV  - NA7593.K74 L54 2005
U1  - 728.8092 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Princeton Architectural Press
KW  - Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig,
KW  - Museum Haus Lange Krefeld
KW  - Museum Haus Esters
KW  - Architecture, Domestic
KW  - Germany
KW  - Krefeld
KW  - Architecture
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Krefeld (Germany)
KW  - Buildings, structures, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-135); Introduction : notes on almost nothing --; Klein's kleine Kammer --; LeWitt and the art of instructions --; Serra and the anti-environment --; Windows and other weaknesses --; Conclusion : architecture, acting
N2  - "With all of the attention Mies van der Rohe has received over the last few years, it's hard to believe that there could be a pair of "undiscovered" buildings begging for even the slightest consideration and receiving none. Such has been the fate, however, of Mies's Krefeld Villas, a pair of neighboring brick residences of typically restrained elegance built from 1927 to 1930. Their anonymity is, to some degree, Mies's own doing; in 1959, in his only public comment about the projects, he quipped that he would have preferred to use more glass, but the clients objected. "I had great trouble," he said. As historians Kent Kleinman and Leslie van Duzer show in this carefully researched, eminently readable study, sometimes it's best not to take the architect at his word. Here they guide us through the two villas, which were converted into a joined museum of contemporary art after World War II. Each chapter begins with a study of an artist who has created a site-specific installation within the villas. By analyzing how Yves Klein, Sol LeWitt, Richard Serra, and Ernst Caramelle chose to engage Mies's architecture, they arrive at a truly original understanding of these two forgotten masterworks."--Publisher description
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2004025603-b.html
ER  -