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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Biography
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1886 |
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Born in Aachen, Germany
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1908 - 1912 |
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Apprentice to German Modernist architect Peter Behrens
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1921 |
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Proposes plans for all-glass Friedrichstraße skyscraper
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1926 |
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Meets Le Corbusier, Stuttgart, Germany
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1929 |
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Completes German Pavilion for the Barcelona exposition
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1930 - 1933 |
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Head of the Bauhaus School in its final location in Dessau, Germany
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1927 - 1937 |
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Collaborates with German designer Lilly Reich
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1944 |
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Gains American citezinship
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1938 - 1958 |
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Director of the Architecture Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
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1958 |
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Completes iconic Seagram Building, New York, NY
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1969 |
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Dies in Chicago, interred at Graceland Cemetery
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2002
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Kandinsky-Klee Master Houses, Dessau, Germany
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2001
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Mies in Berlin, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Mies in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
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1995
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From the Hand of Mies: Architectural Sketches from the Collection of A. James Speyer, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
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1986
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Mies van der Rohe: Centennial Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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