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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

LOOD-vig MEES vahn dur ROH-uh
Also Known As Mies
Early Modern Movement Architecture

German American architect, 1886 to 1969, last director of the Bauhaus, designer of the Barcelona Pavilion, the Farnsworth House and the Seagram Building, and author of the modernist credo less is more. His steel and glass discipline, refined at the Illinois Institute of Technology after his emigration in 1938, became the language of the postwar corporate tower worldwide.

Facts
Birth Year
1886 1
Death Year
1969 1
Nationality
German, later American 1
Defining Contribution
The steel and glass language of the International Style; less is more 1
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Seagram Building

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Connections

Associated With

American Institute of Architects, Institutions and Organizations

Awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 1960.

Source American Institute of Architects Official Site
Completion of the Seagram Building, Milestones
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Lilly Reich, Architects and Designers

Closest professional partnership, 1925 to his 1937 emigration; co-credited today on the Barcelona Pavilion, its furniture, and Villa Tugendhat's interiors.

Source Wikipedia
Miesian Architecture, Styles and Movements

The style is named for and defined by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe own work and dictum.

Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements

Mies is a central figure of modernist architecture

Open Plan, Concepts
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Royal Institute of British Architects, Institutions and Organizations

Awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1959.

Source Royal Institute of British Architects Official Site
The 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, Milestones
The Bauhaus, Institutions and Organizations

Third and last director, 1930 to 1933.

Source Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Official Site
The Bauhaus, Institutions and Organizations

Third and final director of the Bauhaus, from 1930 until the school closed under Nazi pressure in 1933.

Source Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Official Site
The International Style Named, Milestones

Mies was among the architects featured in the 1932 Museum of Modern Art exhibition

In Style

International Style, Styles and Movements
Source Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Wikipedia)

Influenced

Philip Johnson, Architects and Designers

Johnson met Mies in 1928, promoted his work at MoMA, and later co-designed the Seagram Building with him.

Source Wikipedia
Tadao Ando, Architects and Designers

Ando traveled to study buildings by masters including Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Source Wikipedia

Influenced By

Peter Behrens, Architects and Designers
Source Wikipedia

Works Designed

Barcelona Pavilion, Buildings and Structures

Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Farnsworth House, Buildings and Structures

Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Seagram Building, Buildings and Structures

With Philip Johnson, who designed the Four Seasons interiors.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Official Site
Bauhaus Dessau FoundationAssociated With: The BauhausView the Source
Royal Institute of British Architects Official Site
Royal Institute of British ArchitectsAssociated With: Royal Institute of British ArchitectsView the Source
American Institute of Architects Official Site
American Institute of ArchitectsAssociated With: American Institute of ArchitectsView the Source
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Influenced: Philip Johnson
  • Influenced: Tadao Ando
View the Source
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Wikipedia)
In Style: International Style, pioneer of modern/International Style architecture, Bauhaus directorView the Source

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