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- One of the leading lights of modernist architecture, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created a body of work—ranging from tubular steel furniture to iconic office buildings—that influenced generations of architects worldwide.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-born American architect whose rectilinear forms, crafted in elegant simplicity, epitomized the International Style and exemplified his famous principle that “less is more.” He went further than anyone else regarding structural honesty, making the actual supports of his buildings their dominant ...
Mies first called his designs for steel-and-glass skyscrapers and horizontally-oriented houses and pavilions "skin-and-bones" architecture due to their minimal uses of industrial materials, definition of space, along with the rigidity of structure, and their transparency.
- German-American
- March 27, 1886
- Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
- August 17, 1969
Between 1946 and 1951, Mies van der Rohe designed and built the Edith Farnsworth House, a weekend retreat outside Chicago for an independent professional woman, Dr. Edith Farnsworth. Here, Mies explored the relationship between people, shelter, and nature.
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- August 17, 1969 (aged 83), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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- Farnsworth House (1951) Plano, Illinois.
- The Barcelona Pavilion (1929) Barcelona, Spain.
- Chicago Federal Complex. Chicago, Illinois.
- Crown Hall (1956) Chicago, Illinois.
His striking modernist debut, never built but immortalised in photomontage, was the 1919 Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper, its glass skin and steel bones a sign of things to come. Mies designed the...
Preoccupied with the necessity of a new architectural vision encapsulating the spirit of modern times, he developed avant-garde ideas that reformed the man-made environment: simplicity of forms; industrial materials such as industrial steel and plate glass; clean, unadorned interiors would become the main elements of his style.
One of the leading lights of modernist architecture, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created a body of work—ranging from tubular steel furniture to iconic office buildings—that influenced generations of architects worldwide.
