1951 – Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, USA
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
Designed and built from 1946 to 1951,
1952 – Chapel of Saint Saviour / Robert F. Carr Chapel, IIT, Chicago, USA
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
The chapel is Mies’s only building designed for religious services.
1952 – Lever House, New York, USA
Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP
At the time of its construction,
1952 – United Nations Building, New York, USA
Architect: Wallace K. Harrison / Le Corbusier
Instead of organising a competition for the design of their building,
1956 – 900-910 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
A further development of his work at 860-880 Lake Shore Drive (immediately next door),
1956 – Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, Arizona
Architect: Anshen & Allen
Built on a twin pinnacled spur about 250 feet high,
1956 – Crown Hall, IIT, Chicago, USA
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
Widely regarded as one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th Century,
1957 – Chicago Sun Times, Illinois, USA
Architect: Naess & Murphy
Because of its prime riverside location,
1957 – Seagram Building, New York, USA
Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, with Philip Johnson (interiors)
Generally recognized as the finest example of skyscrapers in the International Style.
1959 – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
This distinctive and iconic building was Wright’s last major work,
