Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American <a href="/facts/Architect/pv0f9bYq">architect</a>, academic, and <a href="/facts/Interior_design/xuPYsKB1">interior designer</a>. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of <a href="/facts/Modern_architecture/T3F1gFrv">modern architecture</a>.
In the 1930s, Mies was the last director of the <a href="/facts/Bauhaus/v2sWtxcj">Bauhaus</a>, a ground-breaking school of modernist art, design and architecture. After <a href="/facts/Nazism/JjsMI4lE">Nazism</a>'s rise to power, with its strong opposition to modernism, Mies emigrated to the United States. He accepted the position to head the architecture school at what is today the <a href="/facts/Illinois_Institute_of_Technology/0ndIXaKQ">Illinois Institute of Technology</a> (IIT).
Mies sought to establish his own particular architectural style that could represent <a href="/facts/Modern_history/uB3yXt4H">modern times</a>. His buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and <a href="/facts/Plate_glass/6NUwUyBE">plate glass</a> to define interior spaces. He is often associated with his fondness for the aphorisms "<a href="/facts/Less_is_more/hBDGoGjU">less is more</a>" and "<a href="/facts/God_is_in_the_detail/d4M49A6B">God is in the details</a>".

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe