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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.
Caroline Wiess Law Building of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. Mies designed two buildings for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) as additions to the Caroline Wiess Law Building. In 1953, the MFAH commissioned Mies van der Rohe to create a master plan for the institution.
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- August 17, 1969 (aged 83), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Learn about the life and work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the founders of the International Style and a pioneer of modern architecture. Explore his famous buildings, such as the Barcelona Pavilion, the Seagram Building, and the Farnsworth House.
- German-American
- March 27, 1886
- Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
- August 17, 1969
- Barcelona Pavilion, 1929. Together with designer Lilly Reich, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was commisioned to design the German pavilion for the Barcelona Exposition in 1929.
- Villa Tugendhat, 1930. The Exposition brought critical acclaim to Rohe, as the wealthy of Europe started showing great interest and fascination towards spacious modern homes and villas, like the Tugendhat House designed by Mies in 1930, built in Brno.
- Farnsworth House, 1951. Designed 1945 and eventually completed in 1951, the Farnsworth House is a bright, one-floor weekend house in what then was a rural setting by the banks of the Fox River, southeast of Chicago.
- Crown Hall, 1956. Completed in 1956, Crown Hall is the home of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where van der Rohe was the school’s director for twenty years.
For our Bauhaus 100 series, we profile modernism pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the third and final director Bauhaus director.
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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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