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Carr Memorial Chapel

Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior, colloquially known as the "God Box", is a one-story brick building near the intersection of Michigan Avenue and 32nd Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology's (IIT) campus in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is the only religious structure designed by German-American modern architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who at the time was the director of the School of A…

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Chicago, Chicago, United States

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1886-1969 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German and American architect, academic, and interior designer. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture.

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