Mies van der Rohe

American  

[meez van der roh-uh, fahn, mees] / ˈmiz væn dər ˈroʊ ə, fɑn, ˈmis /

Also Miës van der Rohe

noun

1. Ludwig 1886–1969, U.S. architect, born in Germany.

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Mies van der Rohe British  

/ ˈmiːz væn də ˈrəʊə /

noun

1. Ludwig. 1886–1969, US architect, born in Germany. He directed the Bauhaus (1929–33) and developed a functional style, characterized by geometrical design. His works include the Seagram building, New York (1958)

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Example Sentences

But greater impact, we see, was made by the German pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich using Roman travertine, green marble, onyx and glass, ushering in architecture’s International Style.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Dominated by Modernists like Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, that convention focused on industrial materials, clean lines and a singular approach.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

Fans of modernist architecture might want to make a pilgrimage to Nuns’ Island to see a gas station designed by architectural master Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

His daughter, Phyllis Lambert, picked the architects: the German-born Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2020

The fair awakened America to beauty and as such was a necessary passage that laid the foundation for men like Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson