Barcelona Collection by Knoll

The Barcelona Collection. Classic modern collection designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll.  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe began his career working in his father's stonemasonry business. After an apprenticeship with furniture designer Bruno Paul in Berlin, he joined the office of architect Peter Behrens, whose work presaged the modern movement. In 1912, Mies established...

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Barcelona Collection

The Barcelona Collection. Classic modern collection designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe began his career working in his father's stonemasonry business. After an apprenticeship with furniture designer Bruno Paul in Berlin, he joined the office of architect Peter Behrens, whose work presaged the modern movement. In 1912, Mies established his own office in Berlin, and later became a member of the Deutscher Werkbund and Director of the Bauhaus. He immigrated to the United States in 1938, setting up a practice in Chicago.

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