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Description of  Mies van der Rohe: European Works (Architectural Monographs No 11)

Architectural projects illustrated by B&W photos, plans, sections, elevations, hard line axonometric views, hand sketches, and short text descriptions. CONTENTS: 7 Foreword 11 Mies in Germany by Sandra Honey EARLY HOUSES 26 Villa Riehi 28 Villa Werner 30 Villa Eichstaedt 32 Villa Perls 35 Villa Mosler 36 Villa Urbig EARLY PROJECTS 38 Office Building 40 Glass Skyscraper 41 Concrete Office Building Brick Country House 42 Concrete Country House Traffic Control Tower SOCIAL HOUSING 43 Afrikanische Strasse 45 Weissenhofsiedlung Skin Projects 46 Alexanderplatz 47 Adam Building Stuttgart Bank Building EXHIBITIONS 48 Weissenhof Exhibition `Mode der Dame' Exhibition 50 Barcelona Exhibition 52 Berlin `Deutsches Volk' Exhibition Berlin Building Exhibition 53 Furniture BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS 55 Luxemburg/Liebknecht Memorial 56 Haus Wolf 58 Haus Lange 60 Haus Esters 62 Barcelona Pavilion 70 Model Houses 72 Haus Tugendhat 78 Silk Industry Complex 80 Haus Lemke PROJECTS 82 War Memorial Reichsbank 84 Krefeld Administration Building COURT-HOUSES 86 Courthouse projects 88 Gericke House 89 Hubbe House 90 Ulrich Lange House SINGLE SPACE PROJECTS 91 House on a Hillside Brussels Pavilion 93 Resor House 95 Mies van der Rohe: An Appreciation by Adrian Gale 101 Mies by James Gowan 102 Chronology of Mies' work in Europe 104 Bibliography