Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, enthusiastic about the layout of the plot of land on Černopolní street in Brno as well as the high level of Brno architecture and building culture, accepted the commission for the design of a house for Grete and Fritz Tugendhat. He submitted the design to his clients on New Year’s Eve of 1928. He was working at the same time on the design for the pavilion of the German Werkbund for the International Exhibition in Barcelona.