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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 - 1969)
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| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born in Aachen,
Germany
in 1886. Even though he began working as a craftsman, he eventually became one
of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He began as an
architect working for Peter Behrens, and in 1914 established his own office.
Among his famous early works were German Pavilion at the 1929 International
Exposition in
Barcelona
, Spain and the Tugendhat House in
Brno
,
Czechoslovakia. He served as a director of the Bauhaus School until the Nazi rise to power
forced it to close. In 1938 Mies became head of the architectural program at
Armour Institute of Technology. When this school combined with Lewis Institute,
Mies designed close to twenty buildings of the newly founded Illinois Institute
of Technology. He designed many other buildings including the
Seagram Building
in
New York, the Farnsworth House in Illinois, and the Federal
Center
in Chicago. He died in 1969. |
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