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“LESS IS MORE”
Drawing by Kevin S. and Mike M.
•At 19 moved to Berlin, worked for Bruno Paul, the art nouveau architect
and furniture designer.
20 -received his first independent commission, to plan a house for a
philosopher
•1908- began working for the architect peter Behrens, studied the
architecture of the Prussian Karl friedrich schinkel and frank
Lloyd Wright.
•1921, changed his name, adding the Dutch 'van der' and his mother’s
maiden name, 'rohe': ludwig mies became
ludwig mies van der rohe.
•1927- the barcelona pavilion
•30s, none of his designs were built due to the sweeping economic and political
changes overtaking germany.
Climate mediterranean
Style Modern
Climate temperate
Context campus
Style Modern
Climate temperate
Context rural
Style Modern
Climate temperate
Context urban
Style Modern
Climate temperate
Context urban
Style Modern
Date 1927
Climate temperate
Context suburban
Style Modern
Work began in 1983 and the new building was opened on its original
site in 1986.
The materials
Glass, steel and four different kinds of marble
(Roman travertine, green Alpine marble, ancient green marble from
Greece and golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains) were used for the
reconstruction, all of the same characteristics and provenance as the
ones originally employed by Mies in 1929.
FARNSWORTH HOUSE
INTERIOR VIEWS
DECK
STAIRS
BEAM AND COLUMN CONNECTIONS
CORNER DETAILS
West Elevation with Details
Site Plan
South Elevation
Rendered Elevation
Transverse Section - East
FURNITURES
List of winners
European Union Prize for Contemporary
Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award
2003 2002