Mies Van Der

Rohe

Presentatio
n By
Tushar Jain
 Introduction
MIES VAN DER ROHE
was a german architect and educator, is widely
acknowledged as one of the 20th century's
greatest architects. By emphasizing open space
and revealing the industrial materials used in
construction, he helped define modern
architecture.
BORN- march 27,1886 august 17,1969

NATIONATIONALIY-
German (1886-1944)
American (1944-1949)
 Early career
He worked with his father in a stone
carving shop also at several local
design firms before moving to Berlin
Worked for bruno paul, the art
nouveau architect and furniture
design, after moving to berlin
At the age of 20 he received his first
independent commission to plan a
house (Riehl House)for a philosopher
(alois riehl)
In 1908 he began working for the
architect peter behrens
 CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS WORK

He believed that the configuration and

arrangement of every architectural element
must contribute to a unified expression.
Every aspect of architecture, from overall
concept to the smallest detail, supports his
effort to express the modern age.
He called his buildings "skin and bones"
architecture.
He is often associated with the aphorisms "less
is more" and "God is in the details.
His mature buildings made use of modern
materials such as industrial steel and plate
glass to define interior spaces.
He strived towards an architecture with a
Timeline of his works
 The Barcelona pavilion
1929
Located in Barcelona, Spain
Mies built the Barcelona Pavilion for the Barcelona
International Exposition of 1929.
It housed the ceremonial reception space for German
industrial exhibits commissioned by the German
government.
Mies united sophisticated materials with a fluid open
plan, which together endowed the space with an
unprecedented modern elegance.
Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was
conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King
Alphonso XIII of Spain along with the German authorities.
Barcelona Pavilion
After the closure
of the Exhibition,
the Pavilion was
disassembled in
1930.
It was recreated in its original form and on the same site in
1981-1986 by the Barcelona City Council.
ceremonial reception space
 Farnsworth House
1946 - 1951
Located in Plano, IL, USA
Its is a small small weekend retreat oh the bank of fox river
it is one of the most famous examples of modernist domestic architecture and
was considered unprecedented in its day
the one-story Farnsworth house with its isolated site allowed a degree of
transparency and simplicity which minimize the boundary between man and the
natural world which is impossible in the larger urban projects
the I-beams of the Farnsworth House are both structural and expressive.
 In its simplest form architecture is rooted in entirely
functional considerations, but it can reach up through all degrees of value to
the highest sphere of spiritual existence into the realm of pure art.
The architecture of the house represents the ultimate
refinement of Mies van der Rohes minimalist expression
of structure and space.
Floor plans
Thankyou