Ludwig Mies van der Rohe achieved that quintessential level of fame where you are referred to by only one name, in his case, “Mies.” He was born in Aachen, Germany, in 1886 and emigrated to America in 1937, settling largely [...]
This series continues with The Spirit of Architecture - Bluestone, which is the first time that we have featured a material, rather than an architect, a style, a place, or a type of structure. That said, in terms of current [...]
Rem Koolhaas was born in Rotterdam in 1944. He spent his earliest years there, in Asia, and then Amsterdam. A snapshot of his career reveals vast contributions to theories on urban planning, mentorship of future architectural stars, and often controversial, [...]