International style architecture: Oscar Niemeyer, Villa Savoye, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Juan O'Gorman, International style

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Oscar Niemeyer, Villa Savoye, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Juan O'Gorman, International style, Marcel Breuer, New Objectivity, Richard Neutra, White City, Barcelona Pavilion, Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, Torre Latinoamericana, Functionalism, Eliel Saarinen, Lever House, Kaufmann Desert House, Josef Frank, Lovell House, Hilding Ekelund, Bauhaus Center, Victor Bourgeois, Weissenhof Estate. Excerpt: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969) was a German architect. He is commonly referred to and addressed by his surname; Mies. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of Modern architecture. Mies, like many of his post World War I contemporaries, sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as Classical and Gothic did for their own eras. He created an influential 20th century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces. He strived towards an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space. He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. He sought a rational approach that would guide the creative process of architectural design. He is often associated with the aphorisms "less is more" and "God is in the details". Mies worked in his father's stone-carving shop and at several local design firms before he moved to Berlin joining the office of interior designer Bruno Paul. He began his architectural career as an apprentice at the studio of Peter Behrens from 1908 to 1912, where he was exposed to the current design theories and to progressive German culture, wo...