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Mies Van Der Rohe

Mies Van Der Rohe (1886 - 1969) was active/lived in Illinois / Germany.  Mies Van Der Rohe is known for Architecture; furniture design.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) was a German-American architect. He is commonly referred to, and was addressed, as Mies, his surname. Along with Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.

Mies, like many of his post-World War I contemporaries, sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as Classical and Gothic did for their own eras. He created an influential twentieth century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces. He strove towards an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space. He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. He sought a rational approach that would guide the creative process of arch   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 17939 characters.]  Artist bio

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