Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes


Technology is far more than a method, it is a world in itself. As a method, it is superior in almost every respect. But only where it is left to itself, as in gigantic structures of engineering, there technology reveals its true nature.


Citations

Neumeyer, Fritz. The Artless Word: Mies van der Rohe on the Building Art. MIT Press, 1991, p. 324.

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  • Born: March 27, 1886
  • Died: August 17, 1969
  • Nationality: German, American
  • Profession: Architect

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-born American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is regarded as one of the pioneers of modernist architecture.