ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/153819/ad-classics-the-museum-of-fine-arts-houston-mies-van-der-rohe Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:00:00 +0000 Daniel Topping https://www.archdaily.com/153819/ad-classics-the-museum-of-fine-arts-houston-mies-van-der-rohe After completing a master plan for the site in 1953, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was commissioned by The Museum of Fine Arts Houston to do two additions to the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Cullinan Hall and Brown Pavilion were added in 1953 and 1974 respectively. 

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/117921/ad-classics-ibm-building-mies-van-der-rohe Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Megan Sveiven https://www.archdaily.com/117921/ad-classics-ibm-building-mies-van-der-rohe Completed four years after architect Mies van der Rohe's passing, the IBM Building became one of the cities most prestigious addresses. A pure symbol of the architecture of the time, the almost 700 foot tall rectangle sits on a raised plinth that helps it to maintain a uniform height given the unevenness of the site; State Street to the structure's west inclines steeply.

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