Mecanoo transforms Mies van der Rohe’s MLK Library
The Washington DC library honouring the civil rights leader has been revitalised with new spaces, a public roof garden and a social focus Dutch architecture
Neue Nationalgalerie reopens after ‘surgical’ restoration by David Chipperfield
The iconic Berlin gallery designed by Mies van der Rohe underwent an extensive refurbishment which balanced conservation with future needs The Neue Nationalgalerie, the modernist
The Barcelona Chair is one of the most recognisable and iconic designs of the last century. Still frequently used in interiors, the chair epitomises elegance
Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion heralded the modernist era
The Barcelona Pavilion was a hugely significant temporary structure that forms part of the early modernist canon of architecture Designed by modernism’s golden child Mies
Mies van der Rohe: From the Bauhaus to the height of modernism
German-American architect Mies van der Rohe is one of the pioneers of the modernist movement, devising in a paper sketch the world’s first glass skyscraper
