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


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