It has been said that modernist legend Mies van der Rohe's thirty years spent working in America reflected his most consistent and mature efforts toward achieving his goal of a new architecture for the twentieth century. Focusing on this American period, Conversations with Mies van der Rohe, the latest addition to our Conversations series, gives fresh credence to this claim by presenting the architect's most important design concerns in his own words. In this collection of interviews Mies talks freely about his relationship with clients, the common language he aimed for in his architectural projects, the influences on his work, and the synthesis of architecture and technology that he advanced in his designs and built works. Conversations with Mies van der Rohe makes an important contribution to the corpus of Mies scholarship. It presents a vivid picture of a master of modernism, bringing his artistic biography to a close while completing the scope of his style in terms of techniques, scale, use of materials, and typology. An essay by Iñaki Ábalos provides a context for these interviews and looks at Mies's legacy from a contemporary perspective.

Conversations with Mies van der Rohe

Arts & Photography

Puente, Moisés

Architecture

Princeton Architectural Press

Nomos is an association of architects based in Geneva, Lisbon and Madrid. They collaborate on projects of all scales, from furniture to master plans, with a special focus on the cultural context and the environment. Primarily using drawing to shape their ideas, they explore new ways of creating community through buildings that seek to transform constraints into opportunities. They approach each project with enthusiasm, care and curiosity, always striving for sustainable beauty.Text in English and German.

Nomos – Genève/Lisboa/Madrid: De aedibus international

Wirz, Heinz

Easton, Victoria

History & Criticism

Quart Architektur

2G ESSAYS ALEJANDRO DE LA SOTA : IN DEFENCE OF A LOGICAL ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER ESSAYS /ANGLAIS

Walther Konig

Fourteen exquisite innovations in domestic architecture from the acclaimed Chilean virtuoso The work of Chilean architect Smiljan Radic (born 1965) has found international acclaim following his superb 2014 Serpentine Gallery pavilion in London. This 2G issue features a selection of the houses built by Radic throughout his nearly three-decade career, from his extension to the Charcoal Burner's House (Cupliprán, 1997-98) and his Small House (Vilches, 1995-96) to his last Wooden House (Lake Colico, 2014-15) and Prism House (Coinguillio, 2017-18). In addition to the 14 houses featured, a text by Enrique Walker explains the keys to understanding Radic's domestic oeuvre; another, by Moisés Puente, describes the interventions that Radic created at an estate in Vilches for Puente and his family. Two texts by Radic himself discuss Chilean domestic architecture and the role of "repair" (rather than mere restoration or preservation) in architecture generally.

Smiljan Radic: Houses (2g, 83)

Walker, Enrique

Radic, Smiljan

Walther Konig Verlag

Cháchara y otras historias de arquitectura

Caniche Editorial

Making excellent use of the documentary evidence, "Exhibition Pavilions" brings together 50 pavilions of varying origins and periods for this one last exhibition on paper. Presented here is the material necessary for rethinking and mentally reconstructing a number of buildings condemned from the very first to disappear. Works ranging across the whole century are presented, from the first moderns (Peter Behrens, Bruno Taut and Josef Hoffmann), via the masters of the Modern Movement (Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius and Alvar Aalto) and the great architects of the post-war period (A+P Smithson, BBPR, Max Bill and Charles & Ray Eames), to contemporary architects of international repute (Sverre Fehn, Alvaro Siza, Frei Otto, Renzo Piano and MVRDV).

Exhibition Pavilions (English and Spanish Edition)

Photography & Video

Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.L.

Alejandro de la Sota: Escritos, conversaciones, conferencias

Editorial GG, SL

Barcelona-based designer Bendita Gloria has redesigned the award-winning Catalan architectural magazine Quaderns, which explores architecture's affinities with art, dance, food and urban anthropology. Published biannually in both English and Catalan, Quaderns' latest issue presents work by 12 of Europe's most prominent architectural firms.

Europa Europa: Quaderns #270

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