Ludwig Mies
Ludwig Mies
Born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies and known professionally as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe or simply Mies, this German architect was responsible for such modernist masterpieces as the Barcelona Pavilion and the Czech Republic's Villa Tugendhat.
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth27 March 1886
spiritual goal aim
True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.
details attention
God dwells in the details.
building should function
We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be...
love family happiness
I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.
age architecture spatial
Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.
badass bad-ass space
Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.
spiritual psychological function
And just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, just as we must understand functions, so we must become familiar with the psychological and spiritual factors of our day. No cultural activity is possible otherwise; for we are dependent on the spirit of our time.
art fame easier
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
children want able
Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. He will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time. An architect of ability should be able to tell a client what he wants. Most of the time a client never knows what he wants.
writing less-is-more
Less is more.
order goal confusion
The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time.
architecture language poet
Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet
design understood materials
No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood
two together bricks
Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.