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Summary. The Landauers, a recently married couple, commission German architect Rainer von Abt to build a modern house in Brno (Czechoslovakia). The Landauer House, based on the Villa Tugendhat, becomes a minimalist masterpiece, with a transparent glass room as its center.
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer takes place over the span of 60 years. Starting in the early 1920s before World War II and spanning into the Cold War that gripped Eastern Europe. The story follows the relationship of Liesel and Viktor Landauer and the house they build to share their lives together in.
1 sty 2009 · The Glass Room by Siman Mawer is about a glass room in a house and the people who inhabit it over the years. It is about the Landauer family and the architect they hire to build the house, Ranier von Apt, who is loosely based on Mies van der Rohe.
"The Glass Room" is a captivating historical novel written by Simon Mawer. Set in Czechoslovakia between the two World Wars, the book explores the lives of its main characters against the backdrop of a unique architectural masterpiece, the Glass Room.
13 lut 2009 · In this novel, Viktor Landauer, a rich motor manufacturer, and his wife Liesel employ a visionary German architect, Reiner von Abt, to build the house in the optimistic decade after the First ...
20 paź 2009 · Honeymooners Viktor and Liesel Landauer are filled with the optimism and cultural vibrancy of central Europe of the 1920s when they meet modernist architect Rainer von Abt. He builds them a home to embody their exuberant faith in the future, and the Landauer House becomes an instant masterpiece.
20 paź 2009 · As the Landauers struggle for survival abroad, their home slips from hand to hand, from Czech to Nazi to Soviet possession and finally back to the Czechoslovak state, with new inhabitants always...
