Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Aachen, Germany, March 27, 1886 – Chicago, USA, August 17, 1969) was a German born architect, who is widely regarded with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.
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