Serra and the Anti-Environment
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Mies van der Rohe The Krefeld Villas Kent Kleinman and Leslie Van Duzer
Princeton Architectural Press, New York
For our parents
Published by Princeton Architectural Press
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Contents 8
Acknowledgments
12
Introduction: Notes on Almost Nothing
30
Klein’s kleine Kammer
58
LeWitt and the Art of Instructions
78
Serra and the Anti-Environment
102
Windows and Other Weaknesses
122
Conclusion: Architecture, Acting
128
Notes
136
Appendix: Drawings
144
Credits
Acknowledgments Throughout the years, many people have lent their support to this project. First, and foremost, we have been graced with the patient and generous assistance of the Krefelder Kunstmuseen, administrator of Museum Haus Lange and Museum Haus Esters. Were it not for the early encouragement of Dr. Julian Heynen, former director of exhibitions and vice-director of the museums, we would not have pursued this project. His sustained investment in this undertaking proved invaluable, affording us the opportunity to dwell in the artist-in-residence apartments in Haus Esters—not once, but twice—and to freely access the villas and critical documents in the museum archive. We extend our appreciation to the museum’s current director, Dr. Martin Hentschel, for his continuing support. To Volker Döhne, the museum staff photographer whose beautiful and haunting images of the villas populate this publication, words cannot adequately express our gratitude for more than a decade
