Code: 01229010

Thanks for the View, Mr Mies

Name: Thanks for the View, Mr Mies
Brand: Thames & Hudson
SKU: 01229010
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by Daniell Aubert

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2012
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Book synopsis

Lafayette Park, an affordable middle-class residential area in downtown Detroit, is home to the largest collection of buildings designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the world. Today, it is one of Detroits most racially integrated and economically stable neighborhoods, although it is surrounded by evidence of a city in financial distress. Through interviews with and essays by residents; reproductions of archival material; and new photographs by Karin Jobst, Vasco Roma and Corine Vermeulen, and previously unpublished photographs by documentary filmmaker Janine Debanne, "Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies" examines the way that Lafayette Park residents confront and interact with this unique modernist environment. Lafayette Park has not received the level of international attention that other similar projects by Mies have. This may be due in part to its location in Detroit, a city whose most positive qualities are often overlooked in the media. This book is a reaction against the way that iconic modernist architecture is often represented. Whereas other books may focus on the design intentions of the architect, authors Aubert, Cavar and Chandani seek to show the organic and idiosyncratic ways that the people who live in Lafayette Park actually use the architecture and how this experience, in turn, affects their everyday lives. While there are many books about abandoned buildings in Detroit and about the cities prosperous past, this book is about a remarkable part of the city as it exists today, in the twenty-first century.