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Item Details
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LAST IS MORE
MIES, IBM, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF CHICAGO |
| By: |
Robert Sharoff, William Zbaren |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£35.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0957875975 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780957875975 |
| Publisher: |
IMAGES,US |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2014 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Discussion of the transformation of the last skyscraper designed by Mies van der Rohe, which is to be refitted to house a hotel. |
| Synopsis: |
Discusses in detail the impact of Mies' work in Chicago, and his architectural legacy in the context of a changing commercial landscape. Provides an indepth analysis of the process of the commercial retrofitting of a 20th-century modular then-state-of-the-art skyscraper for a 21st-century contemporary space. The Langham, Chicago hotel is to be located within Chicago's landmark 52-story IBM Building, which is the last skyscraper designed by Mies van der Rohe. 'Last Is More: Mies, IBM, and the Transformation of Chicago' covers the transformational process of designing and inserting a contemporary 21st-century luxury hotel into a 20th-century Mies skyscraper; the tension of retrofitting such a space; and how this impacts on the architectural legacies of Mies and IBM in Chicago. SELLING POINTS: - Discusses in detail the impact of Mies work in Chicago, and his architectural legacy in the context of a changing commercial landscape - Provides an in-depth analysis of the process of the commercial retrofitting of a 20th-century modular then-state-of-the-art skyscraper for a 21st-century contemporary space 150 col. |
| Illustrations: |
150 colour |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Images,US |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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