ARC131H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Neue Nationalgalerie, Ludwig Hilberseimer
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New zealand house: building has curtains where they became a part of the entire buildings design. Ludwig hilberseimer: proposal for extreme ideas of how people should live. Mies van der rohe, lake shore drive apartment towers. This is one of the rst examples where he"s tried to isolate these buildings from the city. Seagram building, ny: phyllis lambert convinced her father, head of seagram, to hire mies. There were restrictions on how high the skyscraper can go in order to cover sunlight on streets. They built a plaza in front in order to solve this problem: plaza stands out, mies was famous for this facades. The corner of this building is famous for how he connected the facades. 4 seasons restaurant inside is still running, famous. Td center, 1967, toronto: placed on a platform. Td centre used to stick out on skyline before to really developed.
