Ludwig+Mies+van+der+Rohe

===__Ludwig Mies van der Rohes__**:** Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (March 27, 1886, Aachen, - August 17, 1969, Chicago) was a German-American architect. His goal was to create a new type of architecture for modern times.He started off working in his father's stone carving shop and then started his architecture career at the studio of Peter Behrens.His talent was recognized and he went to work as a professional independently. He worked on upper class homes in the traditional, neoclassical style. He changed his style to modernism when he designed the faceted all-glass Friedrichstraße in 1921. Mies moved to the United States in 1937 to be the head of the department of architecture at the Illinois Institute of His most significant projects during his 31 year career in the U.S. were the Chicago Federal Complex center, the Farnsworth House, and the Seagram building in New York. His last work was the New National Gallery in Berlin which was the most perfect statements of his architectural approach.