- Lafayette Park (1946) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Photo via Flickr CC User MI SHPO. No architectural gem is safe from Detroit's foreclosure crisis – not even two of Mies Van der Rohe's very own creations. (Huffington Post)
- Chicago is a city of skyscrapers. (New York Times Blogs)
- (MIES) - will build and operate the test-bedding plant This move affirms Singapores position as a control tower and engineering centre to effectively serve the fast-growing industrial, infrastructure and environmental markets in the Asian region. (PR Inside)
- Mies van der Rohe produced the prototype in 1921. Both the Orbit and the Pinnacle are riffs on an idea sketched out in 1917 by Vladimir Tatlin for a monument to international communism. But some are considerably less comely. (Economist.com)
- The four regional winners include the Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Canada (Americas); 1 Bligh Street, Sydney (Asia and Australia); Palazzo Lombardia, Milan (Europe); and Doha Tower/BurjQatar designed by Mies van der Rohe. (Chicago Tribune (blog))
- We've always had the CN Tower, now there's the ROM Other architectural landmarks — the TD Centre (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe), First Canadian Place (Edward Durrell Stone) and Commerce Court (I.M. (Toronto Star)
- Mies van der Rohe came to Chicago from Germany in 1938 Not every skyscraper has been so successful. The blotchy façade of one tower prompted a member of the group to say, It looks like its got a disease. (Daily Telegraph)
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Mies tower
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