New National Gallery

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This paper discusses the New National Gallery in Berlin, Germany, designed by architect Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1967. The writer cites this as a classical structure that represents the essence of the way in which van der Rohe treated space and the walls he used to enclose that space. The writer points out that such walls consist of glass planes enclosing the upper space, and a large basement where the collection is housed.

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"The architect Mies van der Rohe was one of the leading architects of the twentieth century, a product of the Bauhaus movement in Germany who created buildings all over the world. One of his major structures from later in life is the New National Gallery at Berlin, Germany, a classical structure that represents the essence of the way van der Rohe treated space and the walls he used to enclose that space. He was born in Germany in 1886 and died in Chicago in 1969."

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