Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

P E R S O N A L I N F O R M AT I O N

WAS BORN: Kingdom of Prussia, March 27, 1886.

DIED: Chicago, Illinois, August 17, 1969.
He was a German architect and industrial designer.
One of the pioneers of modern architecture.
His architectural style uses advanced structural techniques, with pure rationalism, marble, glass
and iron were the preferred materials of Ludwig.
He is one of the famous architects of the Bauhaus, of which he was also director, he was dean of
the Chicago school of architecture, during his exile in the United States.
One of its iconic works is the Farnsworth House in Illinois, United States, 1951 and The German
Pavilion for the International Exhibition of Barcelona, Spain, 1929, are his two best known works.
 The German Pavilion
The pavilion is considered by many to be its masterpiece and one of the most influential
architectural works of the 20th century. Its enormous simplicity and the continuity of the
spaces, seem to have no beginning or end, are part of its most admired qualities.

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