Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe timeline
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Born
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly... Read more
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Mies van der Rohe Designs Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper
After world war I, Mies van der Rohe began studying the skyscraper and designed two innovative steel-framed towers encased in glass. one of them... Read more
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Mies van der Rohe Designs Glass Skyscraper
After designed the Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper, the second project, the "Glass Skyscraper" was designed to land in Berlin that the details are... Read more
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Der Ring Founded
Der Ring was an architectural collective founded in 1926 in Berlin. It emerged out of expressionist architecture with a functionalist agenda. 'Der... Read more
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The Weissenhof Estate Built
The Weissenhof Estate (or Weissenhof Settlement; in German Weißenhofsiedlung) is a housing estate built for exhibition in Stuttgart in 1927. It was... Read more
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Barcelona Chair and Ottoman Designed
The Barcelona chair was exclusively designed for the German Pavilion, that country's entry for the International Exposition of 1929, which was... Read more
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The German Pavilion for the International Exposition in Barcelona is Completed
The Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spain.... Read more
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Brno Chair Designed
The Brno chair (model number MR50) is a modernist cantilever chair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1929-1930 for the bedroom of the... Read more
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Runs Bauhaus at Dessau
In 1930 Mies was appointed to run the Dessau Bauhaus on Gropius's recommendation following the dismissal of Hannes Meyer, and emphasized... Read more
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Tugendhat Chair Designed
The Tugendhat chair (model number MR70) is a modernist cantilever chair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1929-1930 for the Tugendhat House... Read more
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Villa Tugendhat Completed
Villa Tugendhat is considered a masterpiece, designed by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Built between the years 1928-1930 in Brno,... Read more
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Moves to Chicago
In 1938 the Armour Institute of Technology, a modest technical training school on Chicago's near south side, engaged German- born architect Ludwig... Read more
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The Second Chicago School
Following the fallow years of World War II, residential architecture in Chicago began to reappear as early as the late 1940s, mostly in the form of... Read more
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860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments Built
860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of glass-and-steel apartment towers on N. Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Streeterville... Read more
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Farnsworth House Built
The Farnsworth House, was designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945-51. It is a one-room weekend retreat in a once-rural... Read more
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S. R. Crown Hall Completed
S. R. Crown Hall, designed by the German-born Modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is the home of the College of Architecture at the... Read more
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Seagram Building Completed
The Seagram Building is a skyscraper, located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was... Read more
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University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Completed
SSA was designed by one of Chicago's most celebrated architects, Mies van der Rohe and was completed in 1965. During this period, the University... Read more
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Lake Point Tower Completed
Lake Point Tower is a high-rise residential building located on a promontory of the Lake Michigan lakefront in downtown Chicago, just north of the... Read more
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Neue Nationalgalerie Built
Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art, mostly by Germans, in Berlin, with its main focus on the early 20th century. It... Read more
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Dies
Over the last twenty years of his life, Mies developed and built his vision of a monumental "skin and bones" architecture that reflected his goal... Read more