Mies van der Rohe House

"Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the Lemke country house in 1932. After a series of different preliminary designs, which also included two-storey variants, an L-shaped house type finally emerged, also for cost reasons. The plans for Haus Lemke were submitted to the building police in Weißensee in July 1932. Construction work begins in August 1932. As early as March 1933, the house was approved for use. Karl and Martha Lemke lived in the house until 1945. In October 1945, the Red Army requisitioned the building and used it as a garage. From the 1960s until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the house was used by the GDR's state security as a laundry depot, janitor's apartment and kitchen, among other things. This resulted in numerous conversions and changes to the house and garden. In 1977, the former print shop owner's house was placed under a preservation order by the East Berlin magistrate. Thanks to civic engagement during the political change in the GDR, the house became a municipal property of the district of Berlin-Höhenschönhausen, now Berlin-Lichtenberg, in 1990. The house becomes open to the public and is put to contemporary use. From 2000 to 2002, the house and garden were completely renovated on the basis of historical plans."

Source: https://www.miesvanderrohehaus.de/architektur/geschichte/