Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) was a German-American architect. He is commonly referred to and was addressed as Mies, his surname. Along with Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture.
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Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Design, Architecture
Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Architecture
God is in the details.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Excellence
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Architecture
Less is more.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Possessions, Design
Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Money
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