God is in the details.

Memorial Library – District of Columbia Public Library Washington D. Mies also admired his ideas about the nobility that could be found in the anonymity of modern life. Every aspect of his architecture from overall concept to the smallest detail supports his effort to express the modern age.

Along with Le Corbusier Alvar Aalto and Frank Lloyd Wright he is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. He served as the last director of the Bauhaus.