Inicialmente se orientó hacia la arquitectura neoclásica, pero un viaje a los Países Bajos en 1912 le llevó a cambiar sus intereses, a raíz del descubrimiento de la obra del arquitecto y urbanista neerlandés Hendrik Petrus Berlage. Mies helped his father on various construction sites but never received any formal architectural training. Architektur, Design. Als prominenter Vertreter des Minimalismus prägte er die Formel „less is more“. He was an apprentice in the offices of Peter Behrens between 1908 and 1911. Der Werkbund hatte zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung "Die Wohnung" in die Weißenhofsiedlung geladen. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (27 March 1886 – 17 August 1969) is one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, known for his role … Regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of architecture, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s ‘less-is-more’ approach to design was the gold standard for many generations of modern architecture. Der auch als Designer tätige, gebürtige Aachener kam 1886 als Sohn des Steinmetzmeisters Michael Mies zur Welt. The Mies Society is a membership organization devoted to strengthening architect Mies’s legacy by preserving his buildings on IIT’s campus and promoting engagement with fresh interpretations of his design principals in Chicago and beyond. The Mies van der Rohe Society. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Aquisgrán, Reino de Prusia, 27 de marzo de 1886-Chicago, Illinois, 17 de agosto de 1969) [1] fue un arquitecto y diseñador industrial germano-estadounidense. The Barcelona Pavilion, an emblematic work of the Modern Movement, has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects. Tätigkeitsbereiche. The Farnsworth House was designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. The Farnsworth House, designed and built in the International Style by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Dr. Edith Farnsworth from 1949-1951, is one of the world’s most widely-recognized and studied structures constructed in the 20th century.