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Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf in Gubin History and Reconstruciton Cover
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – Villa Wolf in Gubin, History and Reconstruction

DOM publishers have released ‘Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – Villa Wolf in Gubin, History and Reconstruction’, a book edited by Dietrich Neumann. Villa Wolf in Gubing, Mies van der Rohe’s first modern building, was constructed between 1925 and 1927 but was destroyed at the end of the Second World War.

This publication documents the history of Villa Wolf, its significance within van Mies van der Rohe’s body of work, and the excavation of the basement and foundations in 2021.

Mies’s reinterpretation of the large dwelling with the new concept of a sequence of interconnected, open spaces, as seen in Villa Wolf, later influenced iconic projects such as the German Pavilion in Barcelona and Villa Tugendhat. However, the success of the later works, which were also destroyed, overshadowed Villa Wolf due to their subsequent reconstruction. This book presents a graphic reconstruction of the Villa in preparation for its actual reconstruction. Photo shows book cover of the English version © DOM publishers. DOM publishers

Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf (c) Arthur Koester, MoMA, ARS VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Villa Wolf, Guben 1925–1927. © Arthur Köster/Museum of Modern Art, NY, Bildbearbeitung | colour rendering Hassan Bagheri © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York /VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside Contents (c) DOM publishers
Contents page © DOM publishers
Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p6 & 7 (c) DOM publishers
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Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p8 & 9 (c) DOM publishers
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Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p11 (c) DOM publishers
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Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf (c) Inside p14&15 DOM publishers
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Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p60 & 61 (c) DOM publishers
Pages 60 & 61 © DOM publishers
Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p78 & 79 (c) DOM publishers
Pages 78 & 79 © DOM publishers
Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p102 & 103 (c) DOM publishers
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Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p114 & 115 (c) DOM publishers
Pages 114 & 115 © DOM publishers
Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p142 & 143 (c) DOM publishers
Pages 142 & 143 © DOM publishers
Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p154 & p155 (c) DOM publishers
Pages 154 & 155 © DOM publishers
Mies van der Rohe Villa Wolf inside p166 & 167 (c) DOM publishers
Pages 166 & 167 © DOM publishers
Villa Wolf Reconstruction drawing (c) FHP
Southeast view with a section through the connecting corridor between the entrance area (right) and the courtyard (left). © Reconstruction drawing by Potsdam University of Applied Sciences as of March 2021.
Villa Wolf in Guben, driveway with entrance
Villa Wolf in Guben, driveway with entrance, around 1930. © Wolf family archive
Garden in front of Villa Wolf in Guben.
Garden in front of Villa Wolf in Guben. Children and nurse, around 1935. © Wolf family archive

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