Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
He was born March 27, 1886 in Aachen. In 1905
after have finished his studies he moved to Berlin
where he remained until 1907 working as an
apprentice in the architectural studio of Bruno
Paul. From 1908 until 1911 he worked as an assistant
to Peter Bahrens. In 1912 he designed
a house, never built, for the Hague collector,
Koeller. In the same year he opened his own
architectural firm in Berlin which he kept until
1937. Originally oriented toward the classicism
of Schinkel, immediately after the first world war
he conceived a personal view which sublimated
"engineering" influenced architecture, which had
a revolutionary influence on the construction of
the period. The more audacious of the steel and
glass buildings designed during the 20s were
never realized. Mies Van der Rohe belonged to
the avant-guarde group "Novembergruppe" which
also had painters and sculptors as members,
all dedicated to cultural renovation. In 1925 he
was among the founders of the architectural
association "Der Ring" which intentionally limited
members to ten. In 1926 he was nominated
second president of the "Deutscher Werkbund"
which entrusted him with the general direction
for planning and building Weissenhof suburb in
Stuggart. The pavillon built in 1929 in Barcelona
formulated a statement which became a classic
of the theme "construction for exhibition". The
"Tugendhathouse" (Brno, 1930) and the spaces
decorated for the 1931 Berlin exposition belong
to the Bauhaus period. In 1937 he took his first
trip to the USA where in 1938 he immigrated.
He was asked to direct the Architecture Department
of the "Armour Institute" and settled
in Chicago. Particulary after the second world
war, his outstanding professional activity did not
go unnoticed.
His principle works after 1945: Buildings for
the "Illinois Institute of Technology", skyscraper
apartments in Chicago, the Seagram building in
New York, a museum in Houston and in Berlin.
Numerous honours attested to the worldwide
recognition of the importance of his work.
He died in Chicago on August 17, 1969.
ART181
Chromed steel armchair
with fabric or leather upholstered
seat.
Size: H 76 D 57 W 58 cm
Weight: Kg. 18
Packing: 1 armchair per carton of 0,30 mc.
ART182
Chromed or painted steel
armchair with fabric or leather
upholstered seat.
Size: H 79 D 64 W 55 cm
Weight: Kg. 7
Packing: 1 armchair per carton of
mc. 0,30
ART183
Chair with chromium-plated or
painted steel frame.
Hide leather seat and back
Size: H84 D 69 W 47 cm
Weight: Kg. 6
Packing: 2 for carton of cm 0,33
ART184
Armchair with chromium-plated or
painted steel frame.
Hide leather seat and back.
Size: H 84 D 82,5 W 53,5 cm
Weight: Kg. 11
Packing: 1 per carton of mc. 0,33
ART185
Chair with chromium-plated steel
frame. Springing by hide straps.
Seat and back upholstered with
polyurethane foam. Leather
covering.
Size: H 84 D 88 W 60 cm
Weight: Kg. 12
Packing: 1 per carton of mc. 0,50
ART186
Armchair with chromium-plated
frame. Springing by hide straps.
Seat and back upholstered with
polyurethane foam. Leather covering.
Size: H 84 D 92 W 60 cm
Weight: Kg. 14
Packing: 1 per carton of mc. 0,50
ART187
Armchair with chromium-plated
frame. Springing by hide straps.
Seat and back upholstered with
polyurethane foam. Leather covering.
Size: H 95 D 120 W 60 cm
Weight: Kg. 13
Packing: 1 per carton of mc. 0,73
ART188
Armchair with chromium-plated
frame. Springing by hide straps.
Seat and back upholstered with
polyurethane foam.
Leather covering.
Size: H 80 D 178 W 60 cm
Weight: Kg. 14
Packing: 1 per carton of mc. 0,90
ART140
Bed with structure in laquered
wood with leather straps. Legs in
chromed steel. Polyurethane foam
upholstery, leather or cotton
covering.
Size: H 62 D 97 W 195,5 cm
Weight: Kg. 14,00
Packing: 1 per carton of mc. 1,19
ART140 BIS
Pouff with structure in laquered
wood with leather straps. Legs in
chromed steel. Polyurethane foam
upholstery, leather or cotton
covering.
Size: H 42 D 52 W 122/182 cm
Weight: Kg. 14,00
Packing: 1 per carton of mc. 1,19
ART194
Table with chromed frame and
glass top 12 mm.
Size: H 52,5 ? 71,5 cm
Weight: Kg. 40
Packing: frame 1 carton of mc. 0,30
glass top 1 wooden crate mc. 0,10
ART191
Chromed armchair steel with
capiton? leather upholstered
cushions. In the version C.O.M.
the cushion-rest straps are in black
hide.
Size: H 75 D 75 W 75 cm
Weight: Kg. 25
Packing: 1 per carton of 0,50 mc.
ART192
Chromed steel with capiton? leather
upholstered cushions. In the version
C.O.M the cushion-rest straps are
in black hide.
Size: H 37 D 59 W 54 cm
Weight: Kg. 12,50
Packing: 1 per carton of 0,20 mc.
ART193
Chromed smoking table with crystal
top.
Size: H 90 D 90 W 102 cm
Weight: frame Kg. 12 stool
Kg. 18
Packing: till 4 frames per
carton of 0,20 mc.1
top per wooden crate of 0,10 mc.
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