Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering German-American architect who helped define modern architecture. Some of his most notable works included the Barcelona Pavilion, Farnsworth House, 860-880 Lake Shore Apartments in Chicago, and S.R. Crown Hall. Mies strove to create open floor plans and harmonious balances between buildings and nature using new materials like steel and glass. He believed "less is more" and that form should follow function.

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MODERN ARCHITECTURE
ARCH331
By :Abdurrahman M Jlealti
No: 20152221002
Jordan university of
science & technology
Prof. Ahmed S. Attia

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"less is more“
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1886-1969

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Introduction
 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born in Aachen, Germany .
 1905 Mies moved to the city seeking great architecture and a
place in a notable firm .
After 2 years he was design first house Riehl House, Germany
• In 1908 Mies joins the staff at Peter Behrens’ atelier.
• In 1926 Mies and Le Corbusier meet in Stuttgart .
• In1930 he became the director of the Bauhaus.
• 1938 he moved to America
• He called his buildings "skin and bones“

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Urbig House
• Mies' first design called for a modern flat roof, but this was
rejected .
• The new plan offered a more traditional hipped roof with
five dormer windows.
• led many architects in the early 20th century to revert to
conventional aesthetics
• In this villa van mise exploits the topography of the sloping.
.
UrbigHouse1917

5. znew ideas for furniture and interior design
Between 1929 -1932 he design Unique
furniture such as
 Tugendhat Chair
 Barcelona Chair
 Brno Chair
 X Table
 MR Chair
 MR Lounge Chair

6. zBarcelona Pavilion
Mies built the German (or Barcelona) Pavilion for
the Barcelona International Exposition of 1929.
Mies united sophisticated materials with a fluid
open plan,with a nice balance Appear his sense of
space .
BarcelonaPavilion

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Farnsworth House Plano, IL, USA
It two parallel planes held in suspension between the
earth and sky by only eight steel columns
He create a space through which life unfolds both
independently and interdependently with nature.
He “ build in glass because all the views are so beautiful
that it is hard to decide which view should be preferred

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860-880 Lake Shore Apartments
Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1948–51
 The materials are common: steel, aluminum, glass.
 All one sees of their architecture is the skeleton framework of
their structure.
 it’s develop image for the rejected Friedrichstrasse Office
Building 1920.
 structure was hidden within architecture
860-880LakeShoreApartments

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S.R. Crown Hall
 open-plan universal space
 For 50 years has inspired students, architects, and
admirers.
 By using steel frames to hang the ceiling, rather than
columns to support it, the building marks Mies’ first major
success in creating a clear-span structure.
S.R.CrownHall

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The sources
Books
 Mies Van der Rohe the built work
For Carsten Krohn
 Mies van der Rohe Society website
http://miessociety.org/
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