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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Born: 1886 | Aachen, Kingdom Prussia, German Empire

Died: 1969 | Chicago, Illinois

Awards: Pour le Mérite (1959), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1959), AIA Gold Medal (1960)

Projects: Barcelona Pavilion, Crown Hall, Farnsworth House, IIT Main Campus, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Seagram Building, Tugendhat House, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Riehl House (Haus Riehl), Potsdam, Germany (1906-1907)

Haus Riehl by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Charlotte Heineccius CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Ryder House (Haus Ryder), Wiesbaden, Germany (1923)

Haus Ryder by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Marion Halft CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Barcelona Pavillion, Barcelona, Spain (1929, 1986)

Barcelona Pavillion by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Vicens CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

HE Gebäude (Gebäude für Herrenfutterstoffe), Krefeld, Germany (1930-1931)

HE Gebäude by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Matthias Berghaus CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Mies Haus, Berlin, Germany (1932-1933)

Mies Haus by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Manfred Brückels CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Kesselhaus Business Park, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1932-1936)

Kesselhaus Business Park by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Matthias Berghaus CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Gatehouse/Porter’s Lodge (Pförtnerhaus), Krefeld, Germany (1936)

Pförtnerhaus by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Matthias Berghaus CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

IIT Perlstein Hall, Chicago, Illinois (1945-1947)

IIT Perlstein Hall by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Joe Ravi CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois (1951)

860-880 Lake Shore Drive by Mies van der Rohe © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

S. R. Crown Hall, Chicago, Illinois (1956)

S. R. Crown Hall by Mies van der Rohe © Kenneth C Zirkel CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Landappbw Building, Stuttgart, Germany (1958-1961)

Landappbw Building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © Martin Hahn CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Huls School Sports Halls, Berlin, Germany (1962-1964)

Huls School Sports Halls by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe © NDG CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Neue Natioalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (1965-1968)

Neue Natioalgalerie by Mies van der Rohe, Renovation by David Chipperfield © Francisco Anzola CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

King Memorial Library, Washington, D.C. (1969-1972)