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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1886-1969
Born
• March 27, 1886
Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia,
German Empire
Died
• August 17, 1969 (aged 83)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality
• German (1886–1944), American
(1944–1969)
Buildings
• Barcelona Pavilion
• Tugendhat House
• Crown Hall
• Farnsworth House
• 860–880 Lake Shore Drive
• Seagram Building
• New National Gallery
• Toronto-Dominion Centre
• Westmount Square
Lake Shore Drive apartments
ADDRESS
• 880 N Lake Shore United States
AREA
• 4856 m²
YEAR BUILT
• 1949
BUILDING TYPE
• glass-and-steel apartment
• 860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of
glass-and-steel apartment towers.
• Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the
Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago,
Illinois.
• Construction began in 1949 and the project
was completed in 1951
• 860–880 LAKE SHORE DRIVE APARTMENT
• The towers were added to the National
Register of Historic Places on August 28,
1980, and were designated as Chicago
Landmarks on June 10,
• modern International Style as well as
essential for the development of modern
High-tech architecture.
• The two 29-story Esplanade
Apartment towers, are Floor plan
located between Walton Place
and Delaware Place on Lake
Shore Drive.
• Mies was careful to integrate
them with the landscape by
positioning them against a
spacious grassy lawn.
• The 900/910 buildings are
much like their predecessors
at 860/880 N Lake Shore
Drive, as they are also
positioned perpendicular to
one another.
• Their relationship to Lake
Shore Drive differs however
in that the north building is
set much farther from it,
providing a more open
landscape.
Building Seagram
Type
• Office
Architectural style
• International Style
Location
• 375 Park Avenue New
York
NY 10152 United States
Coordinates
• 40.75846°N
73.97219°WCoordinates:
40.75846°N 73.97219°W
Completed
• 1958
Owner
• Aby Rosen
Roof Hieght
• 516 ft (157 m)
Floor area
• 639,990 sq ft (59,457
m2)
• It stands as one of the most notable examples of the functionalist
aesthetic and a prominent instance of corporate modern
architecture. It was designed as the headquarters for the Canadian
distillers
• Like virtually all large buildings of the time, was built of a steel
frame, from which non-structural glass walls were hung.
• Mies would have preferred the steel frame to be visible to all;
however, American building codes required that all structural steel
be covered in a fireproof material, usually concrete, because
improperly protected steel columns or beams may soften and fail in
confined fires.
• Concrete hid the structure of the building — something Mies wanted
to avoid at all costs , so Mies used non-structural bronze-toned I-
beams to suggest structure instead.
Structure
• The 38-story structure combines a steel moment frame and a
steel and reinforced concrete core for lateral stiffness
• The concrete core shear walls extend up to the 17th floor, and
diagonal core bracing (shear trusses) extends to the 29th floor
• Mies used non-structural bronze-toned I-beams to suggest
structure instead. These are visible from the outside of the
building, and run vertically, like mullions, surrounding the large
glass windows

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