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# Mies van der Rohe at Crown Hall
- URL: https://techspec.cc/mies-van-der-rohe-crown-hall/
- Published: 2011-08-20T01:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-08T21:31:53.000Z
- Author: techspec
- Tags: Mies van der Rohe, Crown Hall, architecture, IIT, design, grey

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe inside Crown Hall in 1956, photographed by Bill Engdahl (Hedrich-Blessing). Crown Hall, completed that year, houses the IIT College of Architecture in Chicago, where Mies was director; its roof hangs from four exterior plate girders, leaving the interior column-free.

![Mies van der Rohe at Crown Hall, photo Bill Engdahl 1956](https://storage.ghost.io/c/14/ee/14eef3be-ca5a-434b-8324-fa1f874026f1/content/images/2026/07/mies-van-der-rohe-crown-hall-engdahl-1956.jpg)