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    Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering German-American architect known for promoting modern architecture. Some key characteristics of his work include simple, sparse designs using new materials like steel and glass. Two of his most famous works were the Barcelona Pavilion from 1928-1929, known for its innovative use of glass, metal and stone, and Crown Hall at IIT in Chicago from 1956, considered his masterpiece for its minimal exterior of only steel and glass. Mies van der Rohe helped define modern architecture through his innovative designs breaking from ornamentation.

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    Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering German-American architect known for promoting modern architecture. Some key characteristics of his work include simple, sparse designs using new materials like steel and glass. Two of his most famous works were the Barcelona Pavilion from 1928-1929, known for its innovative use of glass, metal and stone, and Crown Hall at IIT in Chicago from 1956, considered his masterpiece for its minimal exterior of only steel and glass. Mies van der Rohe helped define modern architecture through his innovative designs breaking from ornamentation.

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    Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering German-American architect known for promoting modern architecture. Some key characteristics of his work include simple, sparse designs using new materials like steel and glass. Two of his most famous works were the Barcelona Pavilion from 1928-1929, known for its innovative use of glass, metal and stone, and Crown Hall at IIT in Chicago from 1956, considered his masterpiece for its minimal exterior of only steel and glass. Mies van der Rohe helped define modern architecture through his innovative designs breaking from ornamentation.

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    Shri Ram School of Architecture

    Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

    Presented by - Shekhar Yadav ,


    Priyanka, Ira
    History of Architecture B.arch (6th sem)
    Important Characterstics Of Modern Architecture
    • The period from late 18th century to the present has been described as one of the
    most creative & productive times in the history of architecture. Architects
    have used new materials & new building methods to develop the first
    completely new styles in centuries.

    • Architects wanted to break free from the ornamentation & highly decorative
    revival structures & instead stressed on building’s simple & spare designs.

    • Developments in iron and concrete.

    • France showed the basics of steel reinforcement.

    • Famous architect – Frank Lloyd Wright of the U.S.A, Walter Gropius &
    Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe of Germany, Le Corbusier of France etc.
    INTRRODUCTION -
    • Born - March 27, 1886 in Aachen, in the Nordhein
    Westfalen region of Germany
    • Died - August 17, 1969 (aged 83)Chicago
    • Nationality – German 1886-1944
    American 1944-1969
    • Ludwig began his building career working with his
    father who was a master stonemason.
    • He began his architectural career as an apprentice at the studio
    of Peter Behrens from 1908 to 1912, where he was exposed to
    the current design theories and to progressive German culture.
    • Mies married a schoolteacher Ada Bruhn.
    • Awards - Order Pour le Mérite (1959)
    Royal Gold Medal (1959)
    AIA Gold Medal (1960)
    QUOTES BY MIES VEN DER ROHE …..
    • “Architecture is the will of an epoch
    translated into space.”
    • “Architecture starts when you carefully
    put two bricks together. There it begins.”

    FAMOUS WORK…
    • Barcelona Pavilion
    •Tugendhat House
    •Crown Hall
    •Farnsworth House
    •860-880 Lake Shore Drive
    •Seagram Building
    •New National Gallery
    •Toronto-Dominion Centre
    BARCELONA PAVILION…
    • 1928-29: Barcelona Pavilion,at
    Barcelona, Spain
    • One of Mies's most impressive works from
    this period was the German Pavilion he
    created for the Barcelona Exibition in Spain.
    • This exhibition structure was a modern marvel of
    glass, metal and stone. 
    • This building was used for the official opening of
    the German section of the exhibition.
    •  A group of Spanish architects reconstructed the
    pavilion permanently between 1983 and 1986.
    Villa Tugendhat….
    • It is a historical building between 1928-1930 in Brno,
    Czech Republic.
    •  Built of Reinforced concrete. 
    • It is a  three-story villa (including basement ) on a
    slope and faces the south-west .
    • The second story consists of the main
    living and social areas with the conservatory and the
    terrace, and the kitchen and servants' rooms.
    • The third story has the main entrance
    from the street with a passage to the terrace, the
    entrance hall, and rooms for the parents, children
    and the nanny with appropriate facilities.
    CROWN HALL….
    •Widely regarded as Mies van Der Rohe's masterpiece, Crown Hall in
    Chicago is one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th
    Century Modernist movement.
    •Crown Hall was completed in 1956 during Mies van der Rohe's tenure as
    director of the Illinois Institute of Technology's Department of Architecture.
    • Incorporating only steel and glass in its exterior design.”
    CROWN HALL….

    CROWN HLL….
    THANK YOU..

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