Google Doodle says happy birthday to Mies - Chicago Tribune

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Google Doodle says happy birthday to Mies - Chicago Tribune Mar 27th 2012, 12:57 Google honors Mies van der Rohe with a doodle featuring his Crown Hall at IIT. (Handout / March 27, 2012) By Julie Wernau Tribune reporter 7:52 a.m. CDT, March 27, 2012 Today, Google honors the birth -- 126 years ago -- of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with a building Chicagoans might recognize: Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of technology. Today's "Google doodle" is a colorful version of that rectangular building, which the German-born architect Mies designed as head of the architecture school it continues to house. The building, completed in 1956, was designed with a drive-in restaurant in mind and contains no columns in its interior.  Mies had a massive influence on Chicago architecture and Crown Hall is said to be his greatest masterpiece. jwernau@tribune.com | Twitter @littlewern This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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