This fundamental and comprehensive monograph on Mies considers his work from the perspective of architectural design. It reconstructs the buildings in their fully realized state while at the same time seeing them from the viewpoint of today's observer: as qualitatively outstanding architecture that continues to be inspiring, created by a great modern master.

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Carsten Krohn studierte Architektur, Kunstgeschichte und Stadtplanung an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg, der Universität Hamburg und der Columbia University in New York. Er promovierte über Buckminster Fuller und ist Autor zahlreicher Publikationen.