Mies Van Der Roe
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Mies van der roe. The ludwig mies van der rohe archive an administratively independent section of the museum of modern arts department of architecture and design was established in 1968 by the museums trustees. Mies van der rohe is born. Privacy policy fundacio mies van der rohe. On march 27th 1886 ludwig mies was born in aachen germany.
It was founded in response to the architects desire to bequeath his entire work to the museum. Its difficult to imagine what the skyline of chicago might look like without architect ludwig mies van der rohe. He would later incorporate his mothers maiden name rohe into his own as he rose to prominence in the architectural community. The mies society is a membership organization devoted to strengthening architect miess legacy by preserving his buildings on iits campus and promoting engagement with fresh interpretations of his design principals in chicago and beyond.
Regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of architecture ludwig mies van der rohes less is more approach to design was the gold standard for many generations of modern architecture. He influenced an entire generation of architects while tenured as head of the architecture department at the illinois institute of technology iit. The fundacio mies van der rohe was set up in 1983 by the barcelona city hall with the initial purpose of reconstructing the german pavilion. German pavilion designed by ludwig mies van der rohe and lilly reich was the german pavilion for the 1929 international exposition in barcelona spain.
It is an important building in the history of modern architecture. Ludwig mies he added his mothers surname van der rohe when he had established himself as an architect was the son of a master. The barcelona pavilion catalan.