Since 1953 knoll inc has manufactured the barcelona chair in both chrome and stainless steel. The chair is one of several different furniture pieces designed for the home of greta weiss and fritz tugendhat. Barcelona chairs are made by other manufacturers worldwide and are sold under different marketing names. Tugendhat villa in brno unesco world heritage centre. Im watching the midsummer firework display crackle over the czech city, standing amongst a spontaneous group of dog walkers and people taking their postdinner strolls. There his daughters marianne and waltrani were born, followed some time later by dorotea, who would subsequently change her name to georgia. Tugendhat house, view from the garden, brno, architecture. Although his outstanding buildings, such as the barcelona pavil ion and the tugendhat house, have been illustrated in the magazines of many countries, no. It was part of a group of furniture that mies designed for this home. Villa tugendhat was commissioned by fritz and greta tugendhat and completed in 1929. The university of chicago press on behalf of the bard graduate center. The committee inscribed the tugendhat vill a in brno on the world heritage list under criteria ii and iv.
This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 2. At the beginning of the year 1969 mies chicago office promised to assist in the restoration of tugendhat villa initiated by the brno architect frantisek kalivoda and grete tugendhat. The 1953 house is located in illinois, usa, facing the fox river and is set within the ten acre land outside plano purchased by dr. The villa was designated as a unesco world heritage site in 2001 and a few years ago, its owner, the brno municipality. What makes this monograph particularly fascinating is the fact that it presents previously unpublished photographs belonging to the tugendhat. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. The design the villa tugendhat was the last major residence designed by mies to be built in europe. The house is exceptional in its structure, spatial arrangement, interior furnishing, technical infrastructure and connection with the garden. Built of reinforced concrete between 1928 and 1930 for fritz tugendhat and his wife greta, the villa soon became an icon of modernism. Grete and fritz tugendhat, both locals from affluent germanspeaking jewish families, were intrigued by a series of crosses they saw on the architects floor plan. Alejandro cervilla garcia the skin and bones of structure. The virtual tour was composed during late summer of 2012, and records the status of the tugendhat villa after the last monument renewal and a restoration, which took place in 20102012.
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