mies van der rohe

ARCHITECT
Presentation By
Jasvinder Singh
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introduction
Mies van der Rohe with smoke, 1957; photographed for Life magazine.
Image Courtesy of Frank Scherschel/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
MIES VAN DER ROHE
was a german architect and educator, is widely
acknowledged as one of the 20th century's greatest
architects. By emphasizing open space and
revealing the industrial materials used in
construction, he helped define modern architecture.

BORN- march 27,1886 august 17,1969

NATIONATIONALIY-
German (1886-1944)
American (1944-1949)

AWARDS-
order pour le merite (1959)
Royal gold medal (1959)
aia gold medal (1960)
Presidential medal of freedom
(1963)
He worked with his father in a stone
carving shop also at several local design
firms before moving to Berlin
Worked for bruno paul, the art nouveau
architect and furniture design, after moving
to berlin
At the age of 20 he received his first
independent commission to plan a house
(Riehl House)for a philosopher (alois riehl)
In 1908 he began working for the architect
peter behrens
Despite of a formal college-level education
He opened his own office in berlin in 1912
Early career
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Architect- bruno paul
Architect-peter behrens
Riehl house
CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS WORK
He believed that the configuration and arrangement of every
architectural element must contribute to a unified expression.
Every aspect of architecture, from overall concept to the smallest
detail, supports his effort to express the modern age.
He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture.
He is often associated with the aphorisms "less is more" and
"God is in the details.
His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as
industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces.
He strived towards an architecture with a minimal framework of
structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-
flowing open space

Timeline of his works
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Riehl House - 1907 -1907
located in Potsdam, Germany
Mies first building at the age of 21
Mies reiterates much of Paul's
classical German style with an
austere stucco exterior and a
pronounced roof that emphasizes
the idea of shelter and home.
the interior space pulled inspiration
from English cottages and Japanese
architecture, in addition to Paul.
Riehl House
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the Barcelona pavilion
1929
Located in Barcelona, Spain
Mies built the Barcelona Pavilion for the Barcelona International
Exposition of 1929.
It housed the ceremonial reception space for German industrial
exhibits commissioned by the German government.
Mies united sophisticated materials with a fluid open plan, which
together endowed the space with an unprecedented modern
elegance
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ceremonial reception space
Tugendhat House
1928 - 1930
Located in Brno, Czech Republic
The house was designed as a large and luxurious villa for Grete and Fritz
Tugendhat.
This was the last major home Mies built in Europe.
Mies dealt with the extreme slope by dividing the front and back of the
house into public and private facades
It is the only examplae of Modern architecture in the Czech Republic
recorded on the UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage.
the building is only one story, but is two stories from the garden side.
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Floor plans
Lower ground floor
Entry from the garden
Ground floor plan
Entry from the street
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Sections
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860-880 lake shore apartments (1948-1951)
Located in Chicago, IL, USA
this buildings are renowned for their structural clarity and composition. Thow
the materials are common: steel, aluminium, glass.
Mies built the perfect balance between rational structure and irrational spirit.
each building alone is symmetrical, comprised of 21 square bays (5 across,
3 deep) with a total of 288 apartments
The scheme consists of two identical 26-story towers placed 46 feet apart
with their long axes set perpendicular to each other. The steel skeletal
frame is based on a 21-foot grid
Each bay is subdivided into four window units by three wide-flange steel
mullions. A supplementary mullion is welded to the face of the exterior by
the others. Within these divisions aluminium-framed floor-to- ceiling
windows are set


Floor plans
Typical floor plan showing layout of unit plan
Site layout
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Farnsworth House
1946 - 1951
Located in Plano, IL, USA
Its is a small small weekend retreat oh the bank of fox river
it is one of the most famous examples of modernist domestic architecture and
was considered unprecedented in its day
the one-story Farnsworth house with its isolated site allowed a degree of
transparency and simplicity which minimize the boundary between man and the
natural world which is impossible in the larger urban projects
the I-beams of the Farnsworth House are both structural and expressive.

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Floor plans
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The crown hall 1950 - 1956
Located in Illinois Institute of Technology,
Chicago, IL, USA
The project was to build a new home for the School of Architecture and
Institute of Design
incorporating only steel and glass in its exterior design

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Floor plan
Ground floor plan Section through crown hall
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The Seagram Building
1954 - 1958
Located in new york
This 39-story, 516-foot tall office building was one
of the original skyscrapers set the standards for
city office buildings
Designed with modernist ideas with an emphasis
on the steel frame structure, curtain wall, and
rational floor
One of the main qualities are the luxurious
materials used bronze coated beams, amber
tinted glass, marble, travertine, etc
The generous plaza to the building the tower itself
only takes up 40%of the site
The plaza attracts many people and creates a
procession from the city streets to the entry,
consists of two large fountains and plenty of
sitting space.

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Amber tinted glass
Fountain infront of the building
Toronto-Dominion Centre
1963 - 1969
Located in Toronto, Canada
this urban planning project covers a 5.5 acre area in downtown Toronto,
Ontario.
this complex is composed of two office towers along with a single one-story
structure that houses the Toronto-Dominion Bank.
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Floor plan
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