LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
Glass, concrete, steel: three materials which embody Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s work within architecture. Still, Mies emphasized not the material itself but how it was used. Coining the phrase, “Less is more,” Mies eliminates ornamentation and excess decoration and replaces it with uncluttered clarity, high abstraction, harmony, and his skin-and-bones framework. Above all else, Mies anchored his production to the freedom of movement. He seamlessly integrated nature and the man-made with his designs, in which both coexisted and created a unified expression.
Ironically, Mies believed that “God was in the details.” Instead of intensify-
ing the design’s intricacies, Mies brings out essential qualities and accentuates it. In this way, Mies
helps
us
notice
the
typically
ignored,
In tandum with his style and personality, authoritarian, solitary, and refined.
raw,
minute
qualities
and
savor
them.
four words that communicate who he is are: raw,
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