On a day like today, German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born March 27, 1886. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886 - August 19, 1969) was a German-American architect. He is commonly referred to, and was addressed, as Mies, his surname. He served as the last director of the Bauhaus. Along with Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. In this image: German-American architect, pioneering master of Modern architecture Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies on March 27, 1886 in Aachen and last director of the avant-garde Bauhaus design school is portraited during a press conference of the Berliner Bauwochen held from August 25 until September 22, 1968 in West Berlin, Germany. More Information: artdaily/?date=03/27/2014#video[/url] Copyright © artdaily.org
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:10:35 +0000
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