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Mies van der Rohe’s Zeitwille: Baukunst between Universality and Individuality

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Figure 1 Page from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, “Bürohaus”, G, 1 (1923), 3.

Figure 1 Page from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, “Bürohaus”, G, 1 (1923), 3.

Figure 2 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, letter to Frank Lloyd Wright, 25 November 1947. Credits: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, Box 60, Folder “Wright, Frank Lloyd 1944–1969.” Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Figure 2 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, letter to Frank Lloyd Wright, 25 November 1947. Credits: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, Box 60, Folder “Wright, Frank Lloyd 1944–1969.” Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Figure 3 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s notes for his speeches. Credits: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, Box 61, Folder “Mies drafts for speeches, Speeches, Articles and other Writings”, Manuscripts division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Figure 3 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s notes for his speeches. Credits: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, Box 61, Folder “Mies drafts for speeches, Speeches, Articles and other Writings”, Manuscripts division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Figure 4 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s notes for his speeches. Credits: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, Box 61, Folder “Mies drafts for speeches, Speeches, Articles and other Writings”, Manuscripts division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Figure 4 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s notes for his speeches. Credits: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, Box 61, Folder “Mies drafts for speeches, Speeches, Articles and other Writings”, Manuscripts division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Figure 5 Program for Architectural Education, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1938. Courtesy of Brenner Danforth Rockwell.

Figure 5 Program for Architectural Education, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1938. Courtesy of Brenner Danforth Rockwell.

Figure 6 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with his students at IIT discussing some problems they have come up in their individual projects. While emphasizing fundamental principles of architecture, he reminds them that “God is in the details.” Photograph taken by Frank Scherschel on 1 November 1956. Credit: Getty Images.

Figure 6 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with his students at IIT discussing some problems they have come up in their individual projects. While emphasizing fundamental principles of architecture, he reminds them that “God is in the details.” Photograph taken by Frank Scherschel on 1 November 1956. Credit: Getty Images.

Figure 7 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Explanation of the Educational Program sent to Henry T. Heald on 31 March 1938. Credits: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, BOX 5. Manuscripts division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Figure 7 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Explanation of the Educational Program sent to Henry T. Heald on 31 March 1938. Credits: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, BOX 5. Manuscripts division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.