Mies van der Rohe - Visions Of Space 1/7 Less is More

Description: BBC episode features the German architect, Mies van der Rohe, who moved to America and discovered the face of the modern corporate city. Following Mies' footsteps we see how an architect who began his career making kitschy, Hansel and Gretel style houses with pointy roofs, little windows and squat floorplans transformed himself into the master of international modernism - the architect of light and space. Mies is the father of the contemporary vogue for loft living - what he was building ...