Mies van der Rohe : Lake Shore Drive apartments : high-rise building wohnhochhaus

Author(s)

• Blaser, Werner

Bibliographic Information

Mies van der Rohe : Lake Shore Drive apartments : high-rise building = wohnhochhaus

Werner Blaser ; [translation into English, Katja Steiner, Bruce Almberg, Ehingen]

Birkhauser-Publishers for Architecture, c1999

• : sz
• : us

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume on Mies van der Rohe looks at number 860 Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago, a typical example of the architect's use of skeletal steel frames. Mies van der Rohe built two towers standing perpendicular to each other, with skeletal frames and 26 storeys high.

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Details

• NCID: BA4463728X
• ISBN:
  • 3764360909
  • 0817660909
• Country Code: sz
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engger
• Place of Publication: Basel ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: 89 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NA1088.M65
  • DC21 : 728/.314/092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
  • LCSH : High-rise apartment buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • LCSH : Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago