An anthology containing all of van der Rohe's writings and lectures, both well known and never republished on architecture and education - mostly translated from German to English - revealing him as an architect who constructed his texts with the same disciplined restraint with which he designed buildings.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's writings and lectures are relatively modest in quantity compared with the number of his remarkable buildings that have transformed cities throughout the globe. These writings, like his architecture, have continued to generate interest among different generations of students and scholars. This anthology contains all of his writings and lectures, both well known and never republished.