One Charles Center

Architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Year
1962
Style
International Style
City
Baltimore, MD
One Charles Center
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One Charles Center was completed in 1962 to a design by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a historically major architect, in the International Style. It is an early International Style tower central to Baltimore's urban renewal era and gives a strong sidewalk-level presence as a landmark tower.

the building

Urban renewal landmark. The tower was central to Baltimore's urban renewal era, an early International Style building that helped define the district's postwar rebuilding.

the style

One Charles Center is designed in the International Style, one of the early examples of the idiom to rise during Baltimore's urban renewal era.

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the architect

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a historically major architect, designed One Charles Center.

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significance

The building is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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