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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Architect,Designer)

Category: Architecture, Furniture Design

Post Contributor: Alice Thomas, Olivier Blanc

Stylish illustration of Architect Mies van der Rohe

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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