mèmoire architecture: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig

mèmoire architecture: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig:
"Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig (lOOt'vikh mē'es vän der rō'u) [key], 1886–1969, German-American architect. A pioneer of modern architecture and one of its most influential figures, he is famous for his minimalist architectural dictum “less is more.” In Germany, he was an assistant to Peter Behrens. Mies's 1921 design for an all-glass skyscraper attracted international attention, and he went on to create several such projects, none of them actually constructed. He directed the seminal 1927 Werkbund Housing Exposition at Stuttgart. His German Pavilion for the Barcelona International Exposition (1929; recently reerected) was heralded for its sumptuous materials, asymmetrical plan, and complex interpenetration of exterior and interior spaces. Mies was appointed director of the Bauhaus at Dessau (1930)."