Tugendhat House. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / / Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, Ivo Hammer, Wolf Tegethoff.

Built and designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1928–1930, the Tugendhat House in Brno / Czech Republic is one of the most significant buildings of European modernism. In 2001, UNESCO added the house to the List of World Cultural Heritage Sites. In this third, updated edition, the authors give person...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Art and Architecture eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Edition:3rd, updated edition
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 Foreword
  • 2 Why This Book
  • 3. On the Construction of the Tugendhat House
  • 4 Living in the Tugendhat House
  • 5 Fritz Tugendhat as a Photographer
  • 6 “Is the Tugendhat House Habitable?”
  • 7 The Inhabitants of the Tugendhat House Give their Opinion
  • 8 The Architect and the Client
  • 9 Irene Kalkofen Remembers
  • 10 The Tugendhat “Villa”: A Modern Residence in Turbulent Times
  • 11 Surface is Interface. History of the Tugendhat House 1938–1997. Criteria for the Preservation
  • 12 Materiality. History of the Tugendhat House 1997–2012. Conservation- Science Study and Restoration
  • 13 Speech on the Occasion of the Opening of the Tugendhat House in Brno on February 29, 2012
  • 14 Catalogue of the Original Furnishings of the Tugendhat House
  • 15. Appendix Glossary
  • 16. Epilogue
  • 17. Bibliography
  • 18. Picture Credits
  • 19. Authors
  • Imprint