Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American, born Germany, 1886-1969
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Library and Administration Building Proposal
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American, born Germany, 1886-1969c. 1944
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Library and Administration Building Proposal
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe American, born Germany, 1886-1969 →20th Centurydesign drawingarchitectural drawing
Date
c. 1944
Medium
Charcoal, graphite, and yellow pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions
72 × 106.7 cm (28 × 42 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board of The Art Institute of Chicago
The unbuilt Library and Administration Building is often considered one of Mies’s most significant designs for IIT. In addition to proposed technical innovations in steel construction, the building features a complex program for library stacks and open offices. Mies intended this design to emphasize individual functions and the whole building as parallel yet unified experiences of space.
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