Memories of Mies and the goal of perfection

The Irish Times

Prof Cathal O'Neill talks about the start of his career as an architect - studying under Mies van der Rohe in late 1950s Chicago. "I first met Mies in 1957 when I was accepted into the post-graduate school of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where he was director. Following my graduation from UCD in 1955, I was determined to take my studies to another level and so I set out with my new wife to the new world. The plan was that she would work while I studied, and that when I graduated, we would settle there and live happily ever after."

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