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The teachings of Mies van der Rohe have had a great influence on the American architect and artist Gene Summers. Thanks to state-of-the-art technology and Summers' own creative talents, he was able to help transform Mies' visions into built structures. For 16 years Gene Summers was a close colleague of Mies, working with him on many projects including the Seagram Building in New York and the Bacardi's office buildings in Cuba and Mexico. Also working independently, Summers created projects for C.F Murphy Assoc. such as the McCormick Convention Centre and the Malcolm X College in Chicago. Familiar with bronze as a building material, Summers used this knowledge to design furniture and household objects before devoting himself entirely to this area of art. This volume is the first presentation of Gene Summers' oeuvre, surveying the many areas where he was active. Phyllis Lambert, President of the International Confederation of Architectural Museums, provides an enlightening introduction to his work.
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Werner Blaser ist schweizer Architekt und kam schon während des Studiums mit Alvar Aalto und Mies van der Rohe in Berührung, deren strukturelle Philosophie ihn beeinflusste. In seinen zahlreichen Publikationen spürt er den grundlegenden Gemeinsamkeiten der westlichen Klassischen Moderne mit der traditionellen Architektur von Nah- bis Fernost nach.
