Six Popular Buildings Designed By Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

Cadbull
2 min readMar 5, 2018

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1.Barcelona Pavilion:-

The Barcelona Pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was the German Pavilion for the 1929 International presentation in Barcelona, Spain. This building was used for the official opening of the German section of the exhibition, It is an important building in the history of modern architecture, known for its simple form and its spectacular use of costly materials, such as marble, red onyx and travertine. The same features of minimalism and spectacular can be applied to the prestigious furniture specifically designed for the building, among which the iconic Barcelona chair.

2.Villa Tugendhat:-

Villa Tugendhat is a historical building in Brno, Czech Republic. It is one of the starting pettern of modern architecture in Europe, and was designed by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Built of reinforced concrete between 1928–1930 for Fritz Tugendhat and his wife Greta, the villa soon became an icon of modernism.

3.S. R. Crown Hall :-

Widely regarded as Mies van Der Rohe’s masterpiece, Crown Hall in Chicago is one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th Century Modernist movement. Crown Hall was completed in 1956 during Mies van der Rohe’s tenure as director of the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Department of Architecture.

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