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@media screen and (min-width: 800px) {
  .row {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    flex-wrap: nowrap;
    border-bottom: 1px solid black;
    width: 100%;
  }
  .column {
    -ms-flex-preferred-size: 0;
    flex-basis: 0;
    -ms-flex-positive: 1;
    flex-grow: 1;
    max-width: 100%;
  }
  .h-30vh {
    height: 30vh;
  }
  .w-5per {
    -ms-flex: 0 0 5%;
    flex: 0 0 5%;
    max-width: 5%;
    justify-content: center;
    align-content: center;
  }
  .bg-pink {
    background-color: pink;
  }
  .bg-purple {
    background-color: purple;
  }
  .bg-red {
    background-color: red;
  }
  .bg-salmon {
    background-color: salmon;
  }
  .column span {
    font-size: 18pt;
    display: flex;
  }
  .d-flex {
    display: flex;
  }
  .pt-1em {
    padding-top: 1em;
  }
}

<link href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="row h-30vh">
  <div class="column bg-pink w-5per">
    <span class="fa fa-user">&nbsp;</span>
  </div>
  <div class="column bg-red">
    <div>&nbsp;</div>
  </div>
</div>

<!-- User info/Settings row -->
<div class="row h-30vh">
  <div class="column bg-purple w-5per">
    <span class="fa fa-cog">&nbsp;</span>
  </div>
  <div class="column bg-red d-flex">&nbsp;</div>
  <div class="column bg-red d-flex">&nbsp;</div>
</div>

<!-- Messages/Chat row -->
<div class="row h-25vh bg-salmon">
  <div class="column w-5per">
    <span class="fa fa-comment">&nbsp;</span>
  </div>
  <div class="column bg-red pt-1em">
    <div>&nbsp;</div>
    <div>&nbsp;</div>
  </div>
</div>