Mies van Der Rohe, Ludwig
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| Birthname | Mies, Ludwig | ||
| born on | 27 March 1886 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM ) | ||
| Place | Aachen, Germany, 50n47, 6e05 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m6e05 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   06°39'   06°07 Asc. 06°04'
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Biography
German-American architect who won fame for his sparse, clean and uncluttered designs of buildings of brick, steel and glass. The son of a master mason and stonecutter, he was taught the elements of architecture by his dad . Mies received his principal training as employee of furniture designer Bruno Paul, 1905-1907 and then was employed under Peter Behrens 1908-1911. He opened his own office in Berlin in 1912.
In 1927 he built his first steel framed building and was known for his motto, "Less Is More." Mies designed the German Pavilion in 1929, including the interior, becoming famous for the Barcelona Chair. He then became director of the Bauhaus School of Design 1930 through its closure in 1933. Mies moved to the U.S. in 1937 and became the director of architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, 1938-1958. He aspired to marry his visionary modernism with America's industrial technology to make a language of architecture that expressed the epoch and in so doing, produced many buildings in the U.S. including skyscrapers, museums, schools and residences. Considered one of the three most influential architects of the 20th century, his skyscraper designs in particular have been copied or adapted by most architects in the working field today. The recipient of many honors, he also published his own book, "The Art of Structure" in 1965.
Mies died on 8/17/1969, Chicago, IL. The best of what he did is still utterly beautiful as seen in a retrospective that opened in late June 2001 at two New York museums.
Relationships
- compare to chart of Le Corbusier (born 6 October 1887)
- associate relationship with Johnson, Philip (born 8 July 1906)
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 17 August 1969 at 12:00 noon in Chicago, IL (Age 83)
- Work : New Job 1905 (Began working under Bruno Paul)
- Work : New Job 1908 (Employed by Peter Behrens)
- Work : Start Business 1912 (Started his own office)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1929 (Designed the Barcelona Chair)
- Work : New Job 1930 (Director of Bauhaus School of Design)
- Family : Change residence 1937 (Moved to U.S.)
- Work : New Job 1938 (Director of Architecture, IL. Institute of Technoloby)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1965 (Released book, "The Art of Structure")
Source Notes
Dr. Arno Muller quotes B.C.
(Formerly, PC gave 2:00 PM as "recorded," not confirmed.)
Categories
- Notable : Awards : Emmy (Four)
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer (Producer)
- Vocation : Business : Top executive (CEO and V.P.)
- Vocation : Sports : Tennis (Former champion)
- Vocation : Building Trades : Architect/ Planner (Designer of first modern skyscrapers)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 83)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Great architect)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Lifestyle : Work : Loves job
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Architecture)
- Vocation : Business : Business owner (Architecture firm)
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Many honors)
