Last Is More Mies, IBM, and the Transformation of Chicago |
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| Text by:
| Sharoff, Robert |
| Author:
| Zbaren, William |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9578759-7-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | Images Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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The Langham, Chicago hotel is to be located within Chicago's landmark 52-story IBM Building, which is the last skyscraper designed by Mies van der Rohe.
Last Is More: Mies, IBM, and the Transformation of Chicago covers the transformational process of designing and inserting a contemporary 21st-century luxury hotel into 20th-century Mies skyscraper; the tension of retrofitting such a space; and how this impacts on the architectural legacies of Mies and IBM in...
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The Langham, Chicago hotel is to be located within Chicago's landmark 52-story IBM Building, which is the last skyscraper designed by Mies van der Rohe.
Last Is More: Mies, IBM, and the Transformation of Chicago covers the transformational process of designing and inserting a contemporary 21st-century luxury hotel into 20th-century Mies skyscraper; the tension of retrofitting such a space; and how this impacts on the architectural legacies of Mies and IBM in Chicago.