Bauhaus

The Barbican has just launched an exhibition about the most influential art school of the twentieth century, the largest to take place in the capital in the last 40 years. That art school is of course Bauhaus – think tubular steel furniture, primary coloured triangles and the fundamental modernist desire to change the world. Bauhaus was a brief era of light sandwiched in between two horrific world wars. It existed for 14 years in three different locations The Barbican reveals the ideas, work...Read Full Story

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Happy Birthday, Mies van der Rohe! Happy birthday to one of the principal shapers of our modern world, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Along with other post-World War I architects, such as Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), van der Rohe's aesthetic came to define what "modern" looked like in the 20th century. The bare framework and open floor plan that van der Rohe frequently employed came to be known as "skin and bones" architecture...Read Full Story

Google Doodle today marked 126′th Birthday of German Born Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is commonly known as Mies, his surname.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.The building in the...Read Full Story

Hit up Google‘s homepage today, and you’ll find the company’s latest commemorative doodle, this time a celebration of the 126th birthday of Modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. Born in 1886 and dying 83 years later in 1969, Mies – along with Le Corbusier and others – is considered one of the fathers of modern architecture, focusing on broad expanses of glass and narrow, discrete metal work, as well as coining some of the much-used phrases of today. The terms ”less is more” and “God is in...Read Full Story

Famed German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, also know as Mies is credited with coining the phrase “less is more.” One of the most influential figures in modern architecture, Mies referred to his designs as “skin and bones” architecture. Today’s Google Doodle, a Googlized version of one of Mies’ most enduring works, celebrates his 126th birthday and raises awareness for this great artist. Born in Germany in 1886, Mies began his career as an architect in 1908 when he became an apprentice...Read Full Story