Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Great Buildings Online
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (b. Aachen, Germany March 27, 1886; d. Chicago, Illinois 1969) Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe was born in Aachen, Germany in 1886. He worked in the family stone-carving business before he joined the office of Bruno Paul in Berlin. He entered the studio of Peter Behrens in 1908 and remained until 1912.