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van der Rohe

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[van der roh-uh, fahn] / væn dər ˈroʊ ə, fɑn /

noun

  1. Ludwig Mies Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig.


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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

Goff may have led the way in Oklahoma, but Gropius led Harvard, Mies van der Rohe led IIT and the list goes on.

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

There he continued to reshape the retail landscape, staging modern furniture by the likes of Charles and Ray Eames and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe alongside traditional French cookware and global crafts.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2021

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