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      Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe - Germany
      Mies van der Rohe began his career in architecture in Berlin, working as an architect first in the studio of Bruno Paul and then, like Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, Peter Behrens. In the mid-1920's, he began to design furniture, pieces that he conceived and created for particular interiors. In 1927, he met Lilly Reich, a Bauhaus alumnus who collaborated with Mies on his first versions of a cantilevered chair with a tubular steel frame. The cantilevered chair had a curved frame that exploited the aesthetic, as well as the structural possibilities of this material. Their experiments culminated in the virtuoso Brno chair designed between 1929 and 1930 with a chromed flat steel frame.
      Two years later, Mies and Lilly Reich designed what is perhaps his most famous creation. Created for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona International Exhibition, the Pavilion chair was intended as a modern throne; a thick cushion upholstered in luxurious leather and set upon a curved metal frame in the shape of an X inspired by classical furniture. Perfectly proportioned and finished, the simple chair exuded an air of elegance and authority.
      We can see the influence of architect Mies van der Rohe in the modern city, with its towers of glass and steel. Equally significant, if smaller in scale, is Mies' daring design of furniture, pieces that exhibit an unerring sense of proportion, as well as minimalist forms and exquisitely refined details. In fact, his chairs have been called architecture in miniature exercises in structure and materials that achieve an extraordinary visual harmony as autonomous pieces or in relation to the interiors for which they were originally designed. Barcelona Collection.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Designer Furniture - Bauhaus Furniture Collection - Barcelona Collection
~~~ The Great German architect collection of Armchairs ~~~
Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chair	Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Ottomann
~~~ The Great German architect collection of Chairs ~~~
Mies van der Rohe Brno chair ic58	Mies van der Rohe Brno chair ic59	Mies van der Rohe Chair
~~~ The Great German architect collection of Lounge Seaters ~~~
Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Day Bed	Architecture in miniature exercises in structure and materials that achieve an extraordinary visual harmony as autonomous pieces or in relation to the interiors for which they were originally designed.
~~~ The Great German architect collection of Tables ~~~
Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Table	Equally significant, if smaller in scale, is Mies V. Der Rohe daring design furniture, pieces that exhibit an unerring sense of proportion, as well as minimalist forms and exquisitely refined details.