mies van der rohe

Glass, concrete, and 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 intensifying

the design’s intricacies, Mies brings out essential qualities and accentuates it. In this way,

Mies helps us notice the typically ignored, raw, minute qualities and savor them.