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-	'''Ludwig Mies van der Rohe''' (born '''Maria Ludwig Michael Mies'''; March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American [[architect]]. He is commonly referred to and was addressed as '''Mies''', his surname. Along with [[Le Corbusier]], [[Alvar Aalto]], and [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], he is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of [[modern architecture]].	+
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-	Mies, like many of his post-[[World War I]] contemporaries, sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as [[Classical architecture|Classical]] and [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] did for their own eras. He created an influential twentieth-century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and [[plate glass]] to define interior spaces. He strove toward an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space. He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. He sought a rational approach that would guide the creative process of architectural design, but he was always concerned with expressing the spirit of the modern era. He is often associated with his quotation of the aphorisms, "[[less is more]]" and "[[God is in the detail]]s".	+
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-	* [[International style (architecture)|International Style]]	+
-	* [[Barcelona chair]]	+
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