Since 1953 knoll inc has manufactured the barcelona chair in both chrome and stainless steel. 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. The villa was designated as a unesco world heritage site in 2001 and a few years ago, its owner, the brno municipality. Tugendhat house, brno, czech republic, second floor plan. The tugendhat house has a small structure attached by cruciform pillars. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 2. The furniture was primarily from tubular and strip steel as well as from noble woods rosewood, zebra wood and macassar ebony. Alejandro cervilla garcia the skin and bones of structure. The tour shows a total of 32 places which visually interact with each other and a visitor can view the villa tugendhat.
Built of reinforced concrete between 1928 and 1930 for fritz tugendhat and his wife greta, the villa soon became an icon of modernism. The committee inscribed the tugendhat vill a in brno on the world heritage list under criteria ii and iv. Tugendhat house, view from the garden, brno, architecture. Before the first world war mies had spent some time working under peter behrens, as had. I had read about the house as it is a very important part of mies oeuvre, and an outstanding example of both functionalism and international style architecture. Tugendhat villa in brno unesco world heritage centre.
Although his outstanding buildings, such as the barcelona pavil ion and the tugendhat house, have been illustrated in the magazines of many countries, no. There his daughters marianne and waltrani were born, followed some time later by dorotea, who would subsequently change her name to georgia. Barcelona chairs are made by other manufacturers worldwide and are sold under different marketing names. Villa tugendhat is an architecturally significant building in brno, czech republic. In 19, he moved with his wife ada bruhn to werder on the outskirts of berlin. Building on the book published by daniela hammer tugendhat and wolf tegethoff in 1998 english edition 2000 the three authors, in this new edition. It was part of a group of furniture that mies designed for this home. The tour shows a total of 32 places which visually interact with each other and a visitor can view the villa tugendhat through them. Completed in 1930 in brno, czech republic, the modern house is a steelframed, glass and concrete construction finished on the interior with some remarkable materials, such as ebony and onyx. 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. He was an apprentice in the offices of peter behrens between 1908 and 1911. The university of chicago press on behalf of the bard graduate center. Villa tugendhat was commissioned by fritz and greta tugendhat and completed in 1929. In 2001, unesco added the house to the list of world cultural heritage sites.
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