3.28.2012

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 126th birthday doodle

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 126th birthday doodle

...Google doodle in the month of March. This marks the 126th birth anniversary of the German-born American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Popularly known as Ludwig Mies, he was born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies on March 27, 1886 in Aachen, Germany. After Ludwig...
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe? Google him.

...his own firm in 1912, according to The Christian Science Monitor. In 1921, he formally changed his name to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Rohe being his mother's maiden name and "van der" possibly added "to avoid insulting German aristocrats who would look down...
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Father of 'less is more' architecture

...steel-and-glass Google Doodle structure is an homage to German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Mies was an advocate of simplicity and open floor plans. This Google Doodle was inspired by the architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who emphasized simplicity...
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Six Beautiful Buildings Designed By Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

...Mies Van der Rohe, the architect responsible for the dictum "Less Is More," has been honored with a Google Doodle. A master of minimalism, he sought to define a new modernist architectural style after World War I and pioneered the use of modern materials such...
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Happy 126th Birthday, Mies van der Rohe!

...birthday to one of the principal shapers of our modern world, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Along with other post-World War I architects, such as Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), van der Rohe's aesthetic came to define what "modern"...
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Father of 'less is more' architecture (+video)

...was after his marriage came to an end in 1921 that Mies, formerly known simply as Ludwig Mies, changed his name to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe â€" Rohe was the maiden name of his mother and “van der” was a traditional part of a Dutch name. Mies possibly added the...
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe celebrated with Google Doodle

...modern building in the style Mies van der Rohe pioneered. GOOGLE Google has honoured German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s birth anniversary with a doodle today. The search engine’s logo has been redesigned as a sleek modern building in the...
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: His five most famous buildings

...Mies van der Rohe revolutionized architecture. His simple dictum that 'less is more' inspired building designs around the world. No wonder he received a loving Google doodle on Tuesday, his 126 birthday. Want to move past the doodle? Click through our short...
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Mies van der Rohe's Google doodle

...Museum of Fine Art in Houston, the Martin Luther King library in Washington DC and the National Gallery in Berlin. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born in Aachen, Germany in 1886. Along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Mies was regarded as one of the masters...
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Google Designs S.R. Crown Hall Doodle for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

...has designed an extremely simple Doodle in honor of German-born architect and educator Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who is linked with the saying “less is more.” Google’s colored letters appear within the windows of a rendering of one of Mies’ masterworks, the...
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