Ludwig mies van der rohe biography definition

German-American architect (1886–1969)

Not to be confused with Ludwig von Mises.

Ludwig Mies van derRohe (MEESS-...-ROH; German:[ˈluːtvɪçˈmiːsfandeːɐ̯ˈʁoːə]; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect, academic, and interior designer.^[1] He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – An Architectural Visionary

He is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture.

In the 1930s, Mies was the last director of the Bauhaus, a ground-breaking school of modernist art, design and architecture.^[2] After Nazism's rise to power, with its strong opposition to modernism, Mies emigrated to the United States. He accepted the position to head the architecture school at what is today the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

Mies sought to establish his own particular architectural style that could represent modern times. His buildings made use of modern materials such as in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Wikipedia LAM