Contemporary Architecture

Seagram Building, New York City, 1956, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1) Mies quested for simplicity - tried to bring everything down to absolute essence - less is more 2)More of an international, modern, function style that was emerging at the time 3)He want structural elements visible, so it was built with steel beams on outside to show strucutre of steel frame on inside set a standard for the modern skyscraper The Seagram Building, with its use of modern materials and setback from the city grid, became a prototype for future office buildings designed by Mies as well as a model for many buildings erected in its surroundings.

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