Illinois Institute of Technology, Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe succeeded Walter Gropius as director of the Bauhaus in 1930 and presided until its closing in 1933 because of Nazi pressure. He emigrated to the United States in 1937 and was appointed professor of architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology where he taught until 1958. Van der Rohe designed the new campus for the institute. Also while he was there he designed 20 buildings for the campus. He began to receive large commissions for skyscrapers, including the Chicago Federal Center and the Seagram building in New York City.