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3/26/2012

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The design theories of Adolf Loos found resonance with Mies, particularly the ideas of eradication of the superficial and unnecessary, replacing elaborate applied ornament with the straightforward display of materials and forms. Loos had famously declared, in the tongue-in-cheek humor of the day, that "ornament is a crime". Mies also admired his ideas about the nobility that could be found in the anonymity of modern life."

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