Try this short quiz to see how many locations you remember from your reading. By J. D. Biersdorfer He designed innovative houses and sculptures, but his most visible role in New York City’s cultural ...

When emigrating from Germany in 1938 to head Chicago’s Armour Institute, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was challenged with two tasks: first reform the schools curriculum to his “back-to-basics” approach ...

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To fully appreciate the departure architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe made with his pair of residential towers at 860 and 880 N. Lake Shore Drive one must look a little farther north, where the drive ...

31.75 x 22.75 x 22.12 in. (80.6 x 57.8 x 56.2 cm.) ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Photograph of Ludwig Mies van der ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Ink and charcoal sketches of Ludwig ...

frame in African Ramin wood stretched with grain leather webbing, legs in chrome-plated stainless steel tube. Cushion upholstered in button and quilted brown leather. Matching neck cushion included ...

Mies in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. From the Hand of Mies: Architectural Sketches from the Collection of A. James Speyer, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.