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“Less is more.” van der Rohe - fdaforum - 07-22-2014

CHARACTER OF WORKS:

Simple rectangular forms

Open, flexible plans and multi-functional spaces

Widespread use of glass to bring the outside in

Mastered steel and glass construction

Exposed and very refined structural details

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“Let us guide our students…
from materials, through function to creative work…
We must understand the motives and forces of our time
and analyze their structure from three points of view:
the material, the functional, and the spiritual.”

- MIES van der ROHE (1938)



“Form is not the aim of our work, only the result.”


“ Economic, technical and cultural conditions have changed radically.”

- MIES van der ROHE (1928)

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Mies van der Rohe was plagued by arthritis for the majority of his later life. Although involved to the best of his ability Ludwig would never see the completion of the National Gallery. He died in Chicago, August, 17, 1969 .

He died leaving a legacy of revolutionary architecture. Other then the buildings themselves he is remembered by his approach to architecture, categorized by such sayings as: “

“God is in the details."
Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Thoughts in action.




“Let us guide our students…
from materials, through function to creative work…
We must understand the motives and forces of our time
and analyze their structure from three points of view:
the material, the functional, and the spiritual.”

- MIES van der ROHE (1938)



“Form is not the aim of our work, only the result.”


“ Economic, technical and cultural conditions have changed radically.”

- MIES van der ROHE (1928)

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