Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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German-American architect modernist architect person

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering 20th-century German-American architect known for his minimalist “less is more” philosophy and influential modernist buildings such as the Barcelona Pavilion and the Seagram Building.

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Mies van der Rohe 5
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe buildings 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German-American ⓘ
architect ⓘ
modernist architect ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthCountry German Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1886-03-27 ⓘ
birthName Maria Ludwig Michael Mies ⓘ
birthPlace Aachen ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
coinOrPopularized phrase "God is in the details" ⓘ
phrase "less is more" ⓘ
deathCountry United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1969-08-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
designed Barcelona Pavilion ⓘ
Crown Hall ⓘ
Farnsworth House ⓘ
Neue Nationalgalerie ⓘ
Seagram Building ⓘ
Villa Tugendhat ⓘ
directorEndYear 1933 ⓘ
directorOf Bauhaus ⓘ
directorStartYear 1930 ⓘ
education apprenticeship with Peter Behrens ⓘ
employer Bauhaus ⓘ
Illinois Institute of Technology ⓘ
famousFor minimalist architectural style ⓘ
steel-and-glass skyscrapers ⓘ
“less is more” philosophy ⓘ
father Michael Mies ⓘ
fullName Maria Ludwig Michael Mies ⓘ
influenced International Style ⓘ
surface form: International Style architecture

postwar modernist skyscraper design ⓘ
influencedBy De Stijl ⓘ
surface form: Dutch De Stijl movement

Peter Behrens ⓘ
Russian Constructivism ⓘ
knownAs Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
mother Amalie Rohe ⓘ
movement International Style ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
German ⓘ
notableWork 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments ⓘ
Barcelona Pavilion ⓘ
Crown Hall ⓘ
Farnsworth House ⓘ
Illinois Institute of Technology ⓘ
surface form: Illinois Institute of Technology campus plan

Lafayette Park, Detroit ⓘ
860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments ⓘ
surface form: Lake Shore Drive Apartments

Neue Nationalgalerie ⓘ
Seagram Building ⓘ
Villa Tugendhat ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Bauhaus ⓘ
head of architecture department at Illinois Institute of Technology ⓘ
relocatedTo United States of America ⓘ
relocationYear 1937 ⓘ
spouse Adele Auguste Bruhn ⓘ
styleCharacteristic exposed structural frame ⓘ
extensive use of glass curtain walls ⓘ
minimal ornamentation ⓘ
open-plan interiors ⓘ

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860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments → architect → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Dirksen Federal Building → architect → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Farnsworth House → architect → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Lafayette Park, Detroit → architect → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Neue Nationalgalerie → architect → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Farnsworth House → associatedWith → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
International Style → associatedWith → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Graceland Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mies van der Rohe
Neue Nationalgalerie → category → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe buildings
Federal Center Plaza → designer → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Hannes Meyer → followedBy → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Modern architecture → hasKeyFigure → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Illinois Institute of Technology → hasNotableArchitect → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
this entity surface form: Mies van der Rohe
this entity surface form: Mies van der Rohe
Peter Behrens → influenced → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Walter Gropius → influenced → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mies van der Rohe
Gordon Bunshaft → influencedBy → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
James Ingo Freed → influencedBy → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Philip Johnson → influencedBy → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Glass House → inspiredBy → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Bauhaus → keyFigure → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe → knownAs → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Modernism → notableFigure → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Bauhaus movement → notableMember → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Deutscher Werkbund → notableMember → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mies van der Rohe
Royal Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Adele Auguste Bruhn → spouse → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Peter Behrens → student → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ