Category: Architecture, Furniture Design
Post Contributor: Alice Thomas, Olivier Blanc
Profession: Architect, Designer
Born: March 27th, 1886, Aachen, Germany
Died: August 17th, 1969, Chicago, United States
Nationality: German, American
Famous for:
- "Less is more"
- Barcelona chair
- Crown Hall in Chicago
- Influence on Modern Architecture
Links for resources:
Mies van der Rohe and the Poetry of Purpose (Article, his creative approach), Life Magazine
Catalogue of work with photographs, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Mies and the nazis, article, The Guardian
Revisiting the work of architect Mies van der Rohe, biography critic / article
Mies van der Rohe Society
Life, work, exhibitions and publications, MoMA, New York
Further research:
- Modernism
- Architecture
- Furniture Design
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