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| | ArtandCulture Artist: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | While he had a defining influence on modern architecture, and especially the evolution of the skyscraper, he was more interested in intensifying an individual's experience of a space than in using architecture as a tool for social transformation. |
 | | Like Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe appealed to the ideal of nature, creating a connection to the natural realm through subtle resonances between his materials -- stone, glass, steel -- and the surrounding elements of water, light, and space. |
 | | Mies van der Rohe's Chicago housing project is brought to life at this site, which is dedicated to providing information about the history and theory of his "glass houses" (built between 1948 and 1951). |
| www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=255 (315 words) |
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