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Meredith Hall

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1965, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

As is almost always the case with Mies's designs, this two-story steel frame and glass infill building is beautifully proportioned and handsomely detailed. It conveys a sense that two floors have been extracted from one of his skyscrapers and simply set on the ground.

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David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
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David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Meredith Hall", [Des Moines, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-CE198.5.

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