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• LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE BORN MARIA LUDWIG MICHAEL MIES; MARCH 27, 1886 – AUGUST 17, 1969)
WAS A GERMAN-AMERICAN ARCHITECT..
• ALONG WITH LE CORBUSIER, WALTER GROPIUS AND FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, HE IS WIDELY REGARDED AS
ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE.
• MIES, LIKE MANY OF HIS POST-WORLD WAR I CONTEMPORARIES, SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH A NEW
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT COULD REPRESENT MODERN TIMES JUST AS CLASSICAL AND GOTHIC DID FOR
THEIR OWN ERAS.
DESIGN
THE DESIGN FOR CROWN HALL IS SAID TO BE DERIVED FROM THE CANTOR DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT WHICH MIES VAN DER ROHE HAD RECENTLY DESIGNED IN 1945. CROWN HALL IS
CHARACTERIZED BY AN AESTHETIC OF INDUSTRIAL SIMPLICITY WITH ARTICULATED EXPOSED
STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION
HEIGHT (ROOF): 5.48M
FIRST FLOOR: 3.05M
BASEMENT: 2.43M
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
FLOOR COUNT: 2
TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 36 X 67 M
= 2412 SQ M
LIFTS/ELEVATORS: NONE
CROSS SECTION
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