Mies van der Rohe at work

"Mies's structural and spatial concepts are analysed through his three major building prototypes, specifically the skeleton frame building, both in its high- and low-rise manifestations, and the clear-span building. His most important projects are also examined, not only as isolated functions, but within the context of urban space."--BOOK JACKET. "Mies van der Rohe also made a significant contribution to architectural education, first at the Bauhaus in the early 1930s, and later in the USA as Director of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The book devotes a section to the architect as educator which is illustrated with examples drawn from Mies's students at IIT. The final section of the book traces his life from his early years as the son of a stonemason to his eventual emergence as the twentieth-century's master architect of steel and glass, and includes statements by Mies van der Rohe and his colleagues."--BOOK JACKET.