Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (died 1969)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-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.

AMA Plaza is a skyscraper at 330 North Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who died in 1969 before construction began; a small bust of the architect by sculptor Marino Marini is displayed in the lobby. The 52-story building is situated on a plaza overlooking the Chicago River. At 695 feet, 330 North Wabash is the second-tallest building by Mies van der Rohe, after the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower at Toronto-Dominion Centre, and was his last American building.

The Seagram Building is a skyscraper at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd and 53rd streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe along with Philip Johnson, Ely Jacques Kahn, and Robert Allan Jacobs, the high-rise tower is 515 feet (157 m) tall with 38 stories. The International Style building, completed in 1958, initially served as the headquarters of the Seagram Company, a Canadian distiller.