Early Mies wasn't about Modernism. His first commission was in 1905-06 for a cabin for the philosopher Alois Riehl. The style is of a cottage the time (and is quite lovely).
Mies designed and built Villa Urbig for Franz Urbig, co-owner of Deutsche Bank (so the dood has some scratch) in 1915-1917. Urbig liked the style of Karl Friederich Schinkel, as did Mies at the time, so the house is neoclassical. The house hosted Churchill during negotiations for the Potsdam Agreement (the agreement between the United Kingdon, the United States, and the Soviet Union on military occupation and reconstruction). Apparently an internet billionaire lives there now, perhaps explaining the grumpiness of the dudes hanging out in front of the house when I took a quick photograph.
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