This is a rather little-known spot in Berlin, and from the street, it doesn’t look like much. The front view is actually quite underwhelming.

But once I stepped inside — a single-story house — I immediately felt at home. I wanted to move in, stay forever, and never leave.

This is where Mies van der Rohe, in 1933, designed his last building in Germany before leaving the country — almost for good — in 1938. He had been commissioned by a wealthy couple who needed a new home. On the surface, it was just another project. But Mies turned it into something extraordinary: a composition of lines and proportions so full of quiet harmony.

It feels like there are no walls — only glass. No clear boundary between indoors and out. Just one seamless world.

So if you think of Mies van der Rohe as the guy behind all those cold, dull high-rises in Chicago — come here. This place will change your mind.

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