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Modern Architecture : Key 20th Century BuildingsMies van der Rohe - Key ArchitectureWe feature four major designs by this celebrated architect:Barcelona Pavilion, Spain Farnsworth House, USA 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, USA Tugendhat Villa, Czech Republic Barcelona Pavilion, 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 The building is also known as the ´German Pavilion´ or 'Mies van der Rohe Pavilion'. 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 architecture a luxurious feel and aids the perception of spaciousness.  photo © adrian welch Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, USA 1950  image © gm+ad architects Modern house built for Dr. Edith Farnsworth: she sold the home in 1972 to Lord Palumbo - beautiful floating planes, a famous example of Modern architecture Farnsworth House 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, USA 1951  photo : William Zbaren 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Exposed steel and glass apartment towers, classic Mies van der Rohe architecture. Apparently no other building by Mies van der Rohe had as immediate or strong an impact on his American contemporaries, and the influence of these structures was to pervade much of modern architecture. 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 by Mies van der Rohe in AmericaCrown Hall + IIT Masterplan, Chicago, Illinois1940- 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 publicFarnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Illinois, USA1950 Mies van der Rohe Crown Hall - IIT, 3360 South State St, Chicago, Illinois 1940- Mies van der Rohe with Pace Associates & C. F. Murphy Associates College of Architecture building, Illinois Institute of Technology IIT Masterplan 1940 Mies van der Rohe Illinois Institute of Technology - Website: www.iit.edu Building close by: New Student Center by Rem Koolhaas / Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152 1958 Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson 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 public860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, Illinois1948-51 Other Mies van der Rohe BuildingsBuildings listed chronologically: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 Building, Berlin:  photo © adrian welch Mies van der Rohe ArchitectureBuildings listed alphabetically: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 Mies van der Rohe Awards German Architect Offices Mies van der Rohe, architect - 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 |
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