Educational Wing, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Memphis

Creators

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Source Collection

Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

24_30.C

Description

Educational Wing, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, 1750 Union, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1960. Architects: George Awsumb and Sons. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.

With his dictum "Less is more," Mies van der Rohe introduced minimalism and the expression of structural purity into the corpus of American architecture. Miesian structures are rectangular with the utmost regularity and precision in plan, elevation, and detail. This efficiency often borders on sterility. The structures are modular in plan and elevation. Rigorous distinction between 'skin' and structure allows clean expansive glass curtain walls.

Date Created

2021

Date

undated

Recommended Citation

"Educational Wing, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Memphis" (2021). Images. 121.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/121