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Often referred to simply as “Mies,” the architect and furniture designer was born in Germany in 1886 and relocated to Chicago, Illinois in 1937, where he lived and worked (in part as the head ...

Passengers take in the sights as they head east down the Chicago River during an architectural boat tour of Chicago Saturday, May 3, 2008. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh By Alyssa Manthi Apr 28, 2025, 2:00pm PDT ...

Portrait of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe looking at a model of his design for the Toronto-Dominion Centre, Chicago, Illinois, 1968. - Hans Namuth/Photo Researchers History/Getty Images ...