Reimagining Mies

In my years spent forging an intimate relationship with the architecture of Mies van der Rohe, I’ve learned that his catchphrase “God is in the details” means different things to different people. 

I once guided a prominent Dutch artist on a private visit to Farnsworth House. Standing on the upper deck of the house, he let out a gasp. I thought he might be having a heart attack. No, he was simply admiring the pastoral view of the field beyond, elegantly framed by the crisp white columns. “It’s like a Turner landscape,” 
he exclaimed.

Another time, an architect from Spain kneeled on the travertine floor. Then he pulled out a tape measure. It seemed the Almighty Details were to be found in the dimensions of the grid. 

I have long been captivated by the details of Mies in my own way, from a slightly different point of view. I’m not very interested in the measurements of a grid. For me, it is all about the visceral. 

So this book of photographs is not intended to be an architectural survey. Rather, it is an architectural journey: of my remembrances, often dreamlike and perhaps a bit surreal, of the textures, the materials, the spaces, I’ve encountered in my Miesian travels, reinterpreting his work purely through the lens of my imagination.

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Product Details

8.5 x 8.5 finished size
106 images printed on 100lb. satin paper
Cover printed on 110lb. satin paper - soft touch lamination
Perfect binding