'''Ludwig Mies van der Rohe''' (1886-1969) was a [[German]]-born [[architect]] known for the design of [[skyscraper]]s in an unashamedly [[modernist]], steel-and-glass style. He was director of the [[Bauhaus]] design school in Germany from 1930 until it was closed down by the [[Nazis]] in 1933, and emigrated to the [[United States]] in 1937. There he continued to practice (and subsequently received US [[citizenship]]), being perhaps best known for the Seagram Building in [[New York City]]. | '''Ludwig Mies van der Rohe''' (1886-1969) was a [[German]]-born [[architect]] known for the design of [[skyscraper]]s in an unashamedly [[modernist]], steel-and-glass style. He was director of the [[Bauhaus]] design school in Germany from 1930 until it was closed down by the [[Nazis]] in 1933, and emigrated to the [[United States]] in 1937. There he continued to practice (and subsequently received US [[citizenship]]), being perhaps best known for the Seagram Building in [[New York City]]. |