Architects Page: Mies van der Rohe

The Architects Page: Mies van der Rohe -
a collection of writings on the architect and his work by Lynn Becker, and other resources.

Major Articles

Books

Mies van der Rohe and the creation of a New Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology

Crown Hall: Mies Resurrected

Farnsworth House:
Struck by a Gavel

The Little Farmhouse
that Roared :
Cycles of Time at Mies van der Rohe's
Farnsworth House

Apotheosis of the Skyscraper:
The Rise of Mies van der Rohe's
IBM Building

Little Murders
on Mies' Modernism Alley

Lafayette Park at 50
Mies's Greatest Triumph?

Bobbing for Mies:
Robert Venturi at Crown Hall

Mies van der Rohe [Born, March 27 1886, Aachen Germany. Died August 17, 1969, Chicago, Illinois, United States]

One of the most influential architects of the 20th Century. Since we don't get out much, our focus, of course, is on Mies's time in Chicago, and the buildings he created. You can find links to his works elsewhere through the Mies van der Rohe Society website and other links provided here.

Biographies:

Mies van der Rohe Society website

Mies Tweets! (and he's got a great new website, too.)

The Red and the Black:
Hey, Mies - Here come the Hawks!

Photographs:

IBM Building (now 330 North Wabash), Chicago

IBM Building, Chicago, Mies van der Rohe, architect

Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

Federal Center with Flamingo sculpture by Alexander Calder, Chicago
Federal Center, Chicago, Mies van der Rohe, architect

860-800 North Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago
860-880 North Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, Mies van der Rohe, architect

Commonwealth Apartments, Chicago

Carr Chapel, "The God Box", Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Carr Chapel, the God Box, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Mies van der Rohe, architect