9 Minimalist Facts About Architect Mies van der Rohe
You may not make out much about Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , but you definitely know his expressive style . The German - born architect initiate the simplistic steel - and - drinking glass skyscraper , and the openurban plazathat abutted it . Every boring bright chalk skyscraper you ’ve ever seen is a Mies knockoff . The design may seem banal now that it ’s platitude , but in the early- to mid-20th 100 , Mies ’s minimalism was ultra , and his work became foundational for modern computer architecture ....