Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. The trial transcript filled more than 3,000 pages. Interesting account of an accomplished architect, an accomplished client, and a house that was never really meant to be lived in. Beam diligently chronicles the back-and-forth squabbles over skyrocketing costs that eventually brought the price to $70,000. Marianne Lohan, Mies and Ada’s second daughter, remained clear-eyed about her father’s life choices. An amazing story, brilliantly told . Mies constructed the glass box residence of “almost nothing” for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a country retreat along the Fox River in Plano. “God can see it” was the axiomatic response of the Aachen tradesmen. Killer is a mesmerizing L.A. noir portrayal of the darkest impulses of ... L.A. psychologist-detective Alex Delaware has received a strange, anonymous package in the mail. Random House, 9780399592713, 352pp. Mies launched himself on a life of unconventional relationships, with an emphasis on serial proto-monogamy, coupled with a cool, sometimes cold, indifference to family obligations. I had not realized the long court battle they had, nor all of the problems with the building once completed. Behrens assigned his young assistant to oversee construction of the German embassy in St. Petersburg, Russia. In this electrifying thriller—a bestseller in Great Britain and Ireland—Alex Barclay creates a stunning array Here's the beginning of a story : famous emigre architect meets opinionated woman at a social occasion in Chicago. I recommend this book to anyone interested in architecture. Support GBH. Want to make sure you receive the latest local news? Members save with free shipping everyday! Inside is ... L.A. psychologist-detective Alex Delaware has received a strange, anonymous package in the mail. Did I mention it gave "open concept" a real run for the money. We’ve got you covered! They picnicked at the site and put stakes in the ground while living in what Beam calls “a world of unusual intellectual and spiritual intensity.” That didn’t last. Farnsworth countersued, alleging, among other things, design problems. The woman mentions her desire to have a small weekend cabin in the cottage, for soul-searching, violin-playing, and some modest entertaining. Inside is His sensitive insights into architecture are matched by his feeling for psychology and for all the hilarious, petty, surprising minutiae of human relationships.”—Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic and author of The Art of Rivalry“Alex Beam begins with a simple foundation—a man, a woman, and a house—out of which he constructs a nuanced biography of one of the twentieth century’s most fascinating architects, a portrait of his brilliant and pioneering patron, and a dramatic tale of the impassioned battle over a work of art that consumed them both. Designed in 1945 and constructed in 1951, Farnsworth House is a representation of both the International Style of architecture, as well as the modern movement’s desire to juxtapose the sleek, streamline design of modern structure with the organic environment of the surrounding nature. All in all, it was a great little microhistory. The dispute between architect and client covered here shows neither in a good light, though both were very accomplished in their own fields. Broken Glass is compelling from the first page as it chronicles, in delicious and sometimes hilarious detail, the mere mortals behind a Modern masterpiece.”—Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women   “Just when we thought everything had been said . While architecture isn't my typical nonfiction read, I'm familiar enough with the subject for this one to go quite smoothly.

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