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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe The only public library the great architect ever designed gets a major overhaul, 50 years after it opened FROM TOP: TRENT BELL; WERNER BLASER
From top: Washington’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, designed by German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), opened in 1972, and recently renovated by Dutch firm Mecanoo and local studio OTJ Architects. Mies, as he was commonly known, relaxing with an ever-present cigar in 1964.
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