00200 MIES 05

05 Frank Scherschel —Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images

Clouds reflected on the glass facade of an apartment building in Chicago designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1956.
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MIES 04

04 Frank Scherschel —Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images

Bronze I-beams ready to ship from Chicago's Extruded Metals Company to New York City, where they will be part of the construction of the new Seagram's Building tower in midtown, 1956.
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MIES 03

03 Frank Scherschel —Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images

Apartment house at 860 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, designed by Mies van der Rohe.
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MIES 02

02 Frank Scherschel —Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images

Mies van der Rohe-designed apartment houses, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 1956.
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MIES 01

01 Frank Scherschel — Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images

Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe peers between two large models of ultra-modern apartment buildings he designed for Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, 1956
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