Mies began life as the son of stone mason and comes from the tradition of gothic cathedrals with towering stained-glass windows, making him conscious of materials that shaped his impact on the American city. For Mies the International Style of “less is more” was not just a stylistic preference but a driven philosophy. The international style refers to glass and steel or stone-box shaped buildings and often skyscrapers with flat roofs and void of ornamentation. The driving force of modernism was to create art completely different than anything of the past, to start anew. The evidence presented here not only explains the use of traditional references, but indeed the delicate balance of classical and modern thinking in the formulation of modern architecture.
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