Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(1886–1969) tysk arkitekt
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (United States, 1886–1969) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born in Aachen and died in Chicago. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe trained at Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums Berlin and Berlin University of the Arts. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe studied under Peter Behrens. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe worked in Berlin, Barcelona, Brno, and New York City. Wikidata associates Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with Neues Bauen and modernism. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe became a member of Deutscher Werkbund, American Academy of Arts and Letters, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Royal Gold Medal, Ernst Reuter Medal, and Presidential Medal of Freedom. The students included Henry Clifford Boles and Kenneth Roderick O'Neal.
The best-known works include ‘Toronto-Dominion Centre’, ‘Westmount Square’, ‘Seagram Building’, and ‘Farnsworth House’. The works belong mainly to the genre International Style. The catalogue has 12 buildings by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The dated buildings span the years 1900–1975. The buildings are in places such as Chicago, Černá Pole, Manhattan, Montjuïc, and Houston. They are in 5 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe belong to the styles ‘Functionalism’ and ‘Post-war modernism’.
Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Dwight James Baum, Hugo Jahnke, Robert Mallet-Stevens, William Ward Watkin, and George Howe.