Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Quotes
It is better to be good than to be original.
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Comments on: "Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Quotes: It is better to be good than to be original."
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Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old. Where else can we find such unity of material, construction and form? Here the wisdom of whole generations is stored. What feelings for material and what power of expression there is in these buildings! What warmth and beauty they have! They seem to be echoes of old songs.
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Birth: | 27th March, 1886 |
Death: | 19th August, 1969 |
Nationality: | American, German |
Profession: | Architect |
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