Broken glass : Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the fight over a modernist masterpiece First edition

Broken glass : Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the fight over a modernist masterpiece

First edition

Material type: 図書

Author: Alex Beam

Publisher: Random House

Publication date: [2020]

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: 22 cm

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Note (General)：: Summary: "In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend ...

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Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 9780399592713
Title: Broken glass : Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the fight over a modernist masterpiece
Author/Editor: Alex Beam
Edition: First edition
Author Heading: Beam, Alex
Publication, Distribution, etc.: Random House
Publication Date: [2020]
Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2020
Size: 22 cm
Place of Publication (Country Code): us
Text Language Code: en
Subject Heading: Farnsworth House (Plano, Ill.)
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
Farnsworth, Edith
Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
LCC: NA7238.P53
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): Summary: "In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend home for her outside of Chicago. Edith was a woman ahead of her time--unmarried, she was a distinguished medical researcher, whose discoveries put her in contention for the Nobel Prize, as well as an accomplished violinist, translator, and poet. The two quickly began an intimate relationship, spending weekends together, sharing interests in transcendental philosophy, Catholic mysticism, wine-soaked picnics, and architecture. Their collaboration would produce one of the most important works of architecture of all time, a blindingly original house made up almost entirely of glass and steel. But the minimalist marvel, built in 1951, was plagued by cost over-runs and a sudden chilling of the two friends' mutual affection. Though the building became world-famous, Farnsworth found it impossible to live in the transparent house, and she began a public campaign against
Includes bibliographical references and index
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NCID: https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BC06816733 : BC06816733
LC Control Number: 2019022841
https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022841