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Housing · Modernism

Promontory Apartments

Ludwig Mies van der RohebyLudwig Mies van der RoheSee all 18 buildings →Chicago, United States ↗

1949

Key featuresMies's first skyscraper: 22 stories with an exposed concrete frame, 122 cooperative flats.

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Architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Place
Chicago, United States
Year
1949
Typology
Housing
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas

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