“ARCHITECTURE HAS THE POWER TO CREATE ORDER OUT OF UNHOLY CONFUSION .”
Known for "less is more" minimalism and approach to architecture, Meis used only "modern" materials such as industrial steel and glass. Meis was passionate about exaggerating simplicity and open space. Ludwig Meis is known as the father of less is more architecture and was inspired by the Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and Schinkel's use of post and lintel construction. He also admired the ideas of the Dutch De Stijl and Russian Constructivism movements. Russian Constructivism embraced using architecture to benefit society while the Dutch De Stijl philosophy advocated simplicity in architecture, a sentiment that dovtailed nicely with the architect's "less is more" mantra. Pictured above. Designed by Mies gas station. It is located in the suburb of the island of Nun (Nun's Island), at 201. The beams and columns were made with steel plates welded and painted black.
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER
ROHE
Mies was very rectangulinear based when it came to his designs.The Seagram Building (photographed below) is a skyscraper, located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It stands as one of the most notable examples of the functionalist aesthetic and a prominent instance of corporate modern architecture. The Farmsworth House (pictured on the right) was constructed in 1951. It is a vital part of the modern movement's desire to juxtapose the sleek, minimalistic design of modern structure with the organic environment of the surrounding nature. Mies constructed this residence for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a country retreat along the Fox River in Plano, IL. It continued to be a private residence for over 50 years.
“ARCHITECTURE IS THE WILL OF AN EPOCH TRANSLATED INTO SPACE .” Crown Hall, widely regarded as one of Mies van der Rohe’s masterpieces, was completed in 1956, is one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th century Modernist movement. Crown Hall is considered architecturally significant because Mies van der Rohe refined the basic steel and glass construction style, capturing simplicity and openness. While designing Crown Hall, Mies stayed true to his famous words, “less is more” and he considered the building to be the best embodiment of that maxim.
“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together.
THERE IT BEGINS.”