Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe along with other prominant architects of his era, were largely regarded as the pioneers of modern architecture. During his lifetime (1886-1969) he sought to establish a new architectual style that represented modern architecture as did the Classical and Gothic styles in their respectuve eras. Mies van der Rohe extensively used steel framework and glass with use of the post and lintel style construction. Mies van der Rohe referred to his buildings as "skin abnd bones" arhcitecture. The self-educated Mies painstakingly studied the great philosophers and thinkers of the past and of the day. He adopted an ambitious lifelong mission to form a solid intellectual foundation for a new architectural language that could be used to represent the new era of technological invention and production.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
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