Michael Blackwood Productions Westdeutscher Rundfunk moving image videorecording nyu New York] Michael Blackwood Productions c1985 1985 monographic eng

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1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. A critical portrait of the architect, commemorating the centennial of his birth in 1886. Recently rediscovered, rare film footage allows Mies to explain his philosophy and approach to design. Revisits sites of Mies most innovative work including the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago, the first campus designed entirely by one person since Jefferson's University of Virginia, and the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, his last work and perhaps greatest accomplishment in the use of the clear span design. a co-production of Michael Blackwood Productions, Westdeutscher Rundfunk ; produced and directed by Michael Blackwood; narration written by Franz Schulze. In English and German, with English subtitles. Subtitle on motion picture: The Architecture of Mies van der Rohe. VHS format. Photography, Mead Hunt ; editor, Julie Sloane ; narrator, Franz Schulze. Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 1886-1969 Architecture United States History 20th century Architecture, Modern 20th century Germany MFM 890111 20260227104101.0 997824150102311