The concept of Minimalism originated in the 1960s and has been a prominent art movement and design trend. Minimalism has been one of the fastest growing movements in the United…
The Bauhaus Ideal Then and Now is a book captivating readers with a visual guide on the Bauhaus movement or what the writer, William Smock, calls the Bauhaus ideal. The…
Architects design structures with a set of values and beliefs that guides the way they deliver their contribution to architecture. The core beliefs define their methods and processes which are…
The Seagram Building by Mies van der Rohe ought to be an appraised work of art like his other projects. The 157 mm tall tower was built in 1957 and…
The phrase “Form Follows Function” was first used by Louis Sullivan in one of his articles known as “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”. Here he used the term form…
After the wrath of World War I, cities and structures was in spoils. In the wake of World War II, a group of prominent architects gathered together to form Congrès…
Mies was a German-American architect. He was a director at Bauhaus. His architectural style drew inspiration from modern times while expressing the spirit of this era. He coined the phrase…
“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” – Ludwig Mies Vander Rohe The phenomenal architect behind half of Chicago if not more, pioneer of the…
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is one of architecture’s residential projects. Whether it is his iconic statements “Less is more” and “God is in the details” or the famous Barcelona…
What is architecture? That is probably one of the most frequently asked questions in the field of architecture. Everyone who sets foot in the field has their own interpretation of…
“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space,” – Mies van der Rohe The 20th century, was the time when modernist architecture was practiced in full-swing, that gave…
Mies Van der Rohe famously said, “A chair is a very difficult object, A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous”. The spaces we inhabit are a…
