... is that Mies, whether using steel concrete, frequently detailed both materials as if they has equally plastic properties. Steel prefers to be dry connected by bolting. There are never any visible bolted connections in Mies work. Analysis of attitude towards materials Steel enabled Mies to erect a building as reductively clear as it was palpably constructive. (112, A). The wall plane could be optimally glazed, thus combining transparency with a sense of weightlessness. Most important, the interior could be kept free of columns, with the result that space opened up, functioning in a reciprocal relationship with the supporting frame. There was no detaliling, Mies gave architecture a new twist The Tugendhats gave Mies and .Llilly Reich the freeom they needed to explore the aesthetic of the 'Velvet and Silk café' in a luxurious house. And at Brno they gave a demonstration of an elegance, combined with a sensuousness, that Mies alone ailed to ...

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