--- title: "Ludwig Mies van der Rohe" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T17:25:16+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Germany - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe/contributions) Address: ## Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Germany Products by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe [![S 179 Tanqueray](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Thonet__S_179_Tanqueray__FS0_1_2025-10-12-140844_cpzx.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-179-tanqueray) [Thonet S 179 Tanqueray](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-179-tanqueray) [![S 179](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Thonet_S_179_Barwagen_Klarglas_grau_getont_Ret_oL25_FF_2025-10-12-141051_mxgs.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-179) [Thonet S 179](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-179) [![S 533 N](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Thonet_S_533_N_schwarz_Outdoor_FF_litho_2024-07-05-080819_cufn.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-533-n) [Thonet S 533 N](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-533-n) [![S 533 with lace leather](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/t/thonet/produkte/s-533-with-lace-leather/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/s-533-with-lace-leather-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-533-with-lace-leather) [Thonet S 533 with lace leather](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-533-with-lace-leather) [![Four Seasons Barstool](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/k/knoll/produkte/four-seasons-barstool/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/four-seasons-barstool-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/four-seasons-barstool) [Knoll Four Seasons Barstool](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/four-seasons-barstool) [![Krefeld™ Ottoman](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/k/knoll/produkte/krefeld-ottoman/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/krefeld-ottoman-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/krefeld-ottoman) [Knoll Krefeld™ Ottoman](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/krefeld-ottoman) [![Krefeld™ Settee](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/k/knoll/produkte/krefeld-settee/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/krefeld-settee-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/krefeld-settee) [Knoll Krefeld™ Settee](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/krefeld-settee) [![Krefeld™ Lounge Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/k/knoll/produkte/krefeld-lounge-chair/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/krefeld-lounge-chair-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/krefeld-lounge-chair) [Knoll Krefeld™ Lounge Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/krefeld-lounge-chair) [![MR Table](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/k/knoll/produkte/mr-table/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/mr-table-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/mr-table) [Knoll MR Table](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/mr-table) [![MR Chaiselongue](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/k/knoll/produkte/mr-chaiselongue/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/mr-chaiselongue-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/mr-chaiselongue) [Knoll MR Chaiselongue](https://www.stylepark.com/en/knoll/mr-chaiselongue) [![F42E](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/t/tecta/produkte/f-42e/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/f-42e-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/f42e) [TECTA F42E](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/f42e) [![D42](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/t/tecta/produkte/d-42/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/d-42-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/d42) [TECTA D42](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/d42) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe) Biography Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies on March 27, 1886 in Aachen, the son of a master stonemason. Although he had never studied Architecture in 1908 he was appointed project leader by Peter Behrens and in 1913 he opened his own architecture firm. Mies van der Rohe’s forte was ambitious villa projects for the progressive upper classes and the educated middle classes. His style progressed from an austere neoclassicism in the 1920s (Haus Urbig, Haus Perls), to the stylistic vocabulary of international modern architecture (Haus Tugendhat, Haus Esters, Haus Lange). His global renown as an architect is based not only on his outstanding residential buildings, but also on his expressionist glass high-rise designs dating from the early 1920s and particularly on his German Pavilion for the 1929 World’s Fair in Barcelona (“Barcelona Pavilion”). He also designed an apartment building for the Weißenhofsiedlung (Weissenhof Colony) built under his management in Stuttgart, a project in which architects such as Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, J.J.P. Oud, Josef Frank, Ferdinand Kramer, Hans Scharoun and Mart Stam were also involved. Mies van der Rohe’s modern edifices are distinguished by an extreme paring down both of overall shape and of individual details as well, to some extent, by the use of extremely high grade materials. This also applies to the furniture he designed to adorn his buildings. Examples include the Barcelona Pavilion and Haus Tugendhat. His famous Barcelona Chair for example is a greatly pared-down reinterpretation of a heavy-duty upholstered leather armchair. Mies van der Rohe was Director of the Bauhaus from 1930 until it closed in 1932. When the Nazis seized power, his orders dried up and he finally felt compelled to emigrate to the United States in 1938. He became a university professor in Chicago and established his own firm. He subsequently produced important designs such as the campus for the Illinois Institute of Technology, Farnsworth House, the Seagram Building and the Neue Nationalgalerie. Mies died in Chicago in 1969. Mies van der Rohe had a major influence on the architecture of the 20th century and was instrumental in paving the way for modern architecture. His numerous furniture designs such as the Barcelona Chair, the Brno Chair, the Tugendhat Chair and the so-called “Weissenhof Chair” have long since become classics and are still in production today. Articles about Ludwig Mies van der Rohe [DESIGN Stacking Pillows Like a Pro 5/3/2024 A sofa with a formal idea that is so simple and captivating that you can't help but like it: The multidisciplinary designer Willo Perron has realized his idea of comfort with Knoll.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/knoll-willo-perron-pillo-sofa-stylepark-magazine) [100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS An extremely vibrant monument 5/20/2019 200 years of design history – illustrated by 70 chairs made by a single company. Steffen Kehrle’s redesign highlights Munich’s Die Neue Sammlung’s Thonet collection.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/exhibition-thonet-munich) [ARCHITECTURE Tamped concrete 2/6/2019 Peter Zumthor has realized a villa for vacation home provider Living Architecture in Devon in southern England.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/zumthor-villa-devon) [DESIGN Long overdue! 7/11/2017 He forever stood in the shadow of his predecessor Walter Gropius and his successor Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Now two key buildings by Hannes Meyer have become part of the World Cultural Heritage. “At long last!”, declares Philipp Oswalt.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/hannes-meyer-bauhaus-world-cultural-heritage-bernau-bundesschule-adgb-laubenganghaus-dessau-t%C3%B6rten-philipp-oswalt) [DESIGN What really happened in America? 6/27/2017 Alfred Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson are celebrated as “pioneers of the Bauhaus” at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/exhibition-kunsthalle-bielefeld-philip-johnson-alfred-barr-partners-in-design-bauhaus) [DESIGN Stretch out and lay 5/16/2017 Be it on castors, suspended, or a fold-out: We present sun recliners which you will simply want to stay lying on.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/sun-lounger-garden-outdoor-design) [ARCHITECTURE Modernism with the wrong rendering 6/24/2016 Taking five buildings by Mies van der Rohe as examples, an exhibition in Heerlen demonstrates how successful good refurbishment in line with the original can be.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/modernism-with-the-wrong-rendering) [DESIGN Unlimited baths 5/6/2016 Refinements wherever you look: What caught the eye at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Bagno.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/unlimited-baths) [FAIRS & EVENTS Modern always works 4/28/2016 Salone 3: Forget social issues. The trend in furniture is to give modern classics a contemporary tweak, a makeover that guarantees their timelessness.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/modern-always-works) [DESIGN Lay down your head 10/24/2015 Rest, nap, read or let your thoughts wander during the day – on a daybed. Be it an upmarket modern version, a narrow bench, a chaise longue or a new wave – they all look great.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/lay-down-your-head) [FAIRS & EVENTS What only the giraffe knows 4/28/2015 This year during there were once again countless items of furniture and special moments during the Milan Salone. A small photo album of memories.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/what-only-the-giraffe-knows) [ARCHITECTURE The dreamed-up house 5/19/2014 With the Director’s Villa and the Moholy-Nagy House the ensemble of Gropius’ master houses in Dessau is complete again – and that includes a wall and the Mies van der Rohe kiosk. Repairs, reconstruction or radical reinterpretation, ghastly houses or gesamtkunstwerk, experiment or irritant?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-dreamed-up-house) [FAIRS & EVENTS Bauhaus master with speared heart 12/29/2013 The “Herbert Bayer: Berliner Jahre – Werbegrafik 1928 – 1938” show at the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin presents the creative output of a designer who vacillated between Bauhaus ideals and currying favor with the Nazis.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/bauhaus-master-with-speared-heart) [MAGAZINE On the eternal rationale of the small handy shape 9/4/2012 Be it made by hand thousands of years ago or manufactured now on an industrial scale, the brick is a material with a past and definitely has a strong future.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/on-the-eternal-rationale-of-the-small-handy-shape)