“I have tried to make an architecture for a technological society.”

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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About Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architect • German-American

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modernist architecture. He created an influential 20th-century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and...

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