Growing Up with Mies and Saarinen

Paul Guyer; Laure van Heijenoort

doi:10.58519/aesthinv.v6i1.13758

Growing Up with Mies and Saarinen

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Paul Guyer Brown University
Laure van Heijenoort https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8548-2115

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https://doi.org/10.58519/aesthinv.v6i1.13758

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Mies van der Rohe, Eliel Saarinen, Lafayetter Park, Cranbrook

Abstract

Paul Guyer interviews his cousin Laure van Heijenoort, who as a teenager lived for several years with her parents in one of Mies van der Rohe's Lafayette Park townhouses in Detroit and attended school at Eliel Saarinen's Cranbrook campus. She reports on her experiences of living and study in both, experiences still vivid to her and now to a broader audience.

Author Biography

Laure van Heijenoort

Laure van Heijenoort graduated from Brandeis University and the University of New Mexico Law School. For many years she was a partner in the law firm of Walker van Heijenoort in Albequerque, specializing in labor union health plans. She is the daughter of the late Jean van Heijenoort, the well-known historian of logic as well as expert in the papers of Leon Trotsky, for whom he was secretary in Trotsky's exile.

References

Cranbrook Schools. Cranbrook Schools — Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Online; accessed 10 January 2023.

Lafayette Park, Detroit. Lafayette Park, Detroit — Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Online; accessed 10 January 2023.

SYMPOIESIS (2022), designed by: MVRDV x Arttenders x Alex Verhaest, picture by: Joep photo. Photo used here with permission from ARTTENDERS

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2023-08-30

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Guyer, Paul, and Laure van Heijenoort. 2023. “Growing Up With Mies and Saarinen”. Aesthetic Investigations 6 (1). Utrecht, NL:69-79. https://doi.org/10.58519/aesthinv.v6i1.13758.

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): Special Issue: Architecture beyond the building. Guest edited by Paul Guyer

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Arts & Artists

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