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We feature three major designs by this celebrated architect: Barcelona Pavilion, Spain Farnsworth House, USA Tugendhat Villa, Czech Republic Barcelona Pavilion Hill of Montjuic, southwest Barcelona, Spain 1929; reconstructed 1983-86 The Barcelona Pavilion is probably the most famous and respected Ludwig Mies van der Rohe building. Other key buildings by Mies include the Farnsworth House, the Tugendhat House in the Czech Republic, Crown Hall at IIT and Lake Shore Apartments in Chicago. photograph © adrian welch Barcelona Pavilion Reconstrucció del Pavelló de Representació d’Alemanya a l’Exposició de Barcelona The building is also known as the ´German Pavilion´ or 'Mies van der Rohe Pavilion' photo © adrian welch Mies van der Rohe was interested in developing free flowing space and this is done using walls as planes in isolation, joined by sliding elements or glass. Thus the wall is expressed as a single element with space flowing around it. The majority of the building is constructed out of cream-coloured travertine which gives the building a luxurious feel and aids the perception of spaciousness. Farnsworth House Plano, Illinois, USA 1950 image © gm+ad architects Built for Dr. Edith Farnsworth, she sold the home in 1972 to Lord Palumbo Farnsworth House Tugendhat House Brno, Czech Republic 1930 photograph © adrian welch Tugendhat house The Tugendhat House is - for me - one of the best buildings I've visited. With its floor-to-soffit glazing that electronically slid into the walls below to the key entertaining spaces, its beautiful use of materials and tightly-controlled plan the house is a joy. The red onyx wall is orientated orthogonally but also with an eye to the sunsets: it glows a deep red colour with speckles of black and white where the onyx contains other stones and small holes. Mies van der Rohe emigrated to the USA in 1938 Another key building by Mies van der Rohe is the Seagram Building in New York: Seagram Building 375 Park Avenue, New York 1954-58 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson Philip Johnson became an associate for Mies van der Rohe on the Seagram Building in 1955: he worked on interiors such as the Four Seasons Restaurant. Seagram Building Buildings in America Crown Hall + IIT Masterplan, Chicago, Illinois 1940- Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois 1950 Lake Shore Apartments, Chicago, Illinois 1951 Seagram Building, New York 1958 Farnsworth House image © gm+ad architects American Architecture Mies van der Rohe Buildings in the USA open to the public Farnsworth House 14520 River Road, Plano, Illinois, USA 1950 Crown Hall - IIT College of Architecture building, Illinois Institute of Technology 3360 South State St, Chicago, Illinois Mies van der Rohe with Pace Associates & C. F. Murphy Associates IIT Masterplan Mies van der Rohe 1940 Illinois Institute of Technology - Website: www.iit.edu Building close by: New Student Center Rem Koolhaas / Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) Seagram Building 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152 1958 Details & proportions influenced by Lake Shore Drive in Chicago Open to the public: Seagram Gallery + Four Seasons Restaurant Tours: every Tue, 3 pm Seagram Building - Contact: +1 212 572 7000 Illinois Institute of Technology Buildings Mies van der Rohe Building in the USA not open to the public 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, Illinois 1948-51 Other Mies van der Rohe Buildings, chronological: Wolf House, Guben, Germany/Poland 1926 Hermann Lange House, Krefeld, Germany 1928 Josef Esters House, Krefeld, Germany 1930 Karl Lemke House - Landhaus Lemke, Berlin, Germany 1932/33 Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada 1967 Mellon Hall of Science, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, USA 1968 Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany 1968 IBM Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA 1971 Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA 1974 National Gallery Berlin: photo © adrian welch Mies van der Rohe Architecture, alphabetical: Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Crown Hall + IIT Masterplan, Chicago, Illinois, USA Farnsworth House, Plano, USA IBM Building, Chicago, USA Lake Shore Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, USA Landhaus Lemke, Berlin, Germany Mellon Hall of Science, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, USA Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany Seagram Building, New York, USA Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada Weissenhof apartment house, Stuttgart, Germany New York Architecture German Architect Offices Mies van der Rohe - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1959 Barcelona Pavilion photograph © adrian welch National Gallery Berlin, Germany photograph © adrian welch Mies van der Rohe building Barcelona Pavilion photos Modern Architects Iconic Buildings Modern Houses World Architecture : e-architect - key buildings across the globe Comments / photos for the Mies van der Rohe Architecture page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Mies van der Rohe Architect - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt			Key Links: New Houses Modern Architects Berlin Architecture Modern Architecture Office Buildings Architects