Glass, concrete, and steel: three materials which embody Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohes work within

architecture. Still, Mies emphasized not the material itself but how it was used. Coining the phrase, Less is more, Mies eliminates ornamentation and excess decoration and replaces it with uncluttered clarity, high abstraction, harmony, and his skin-and-bones framework. Above all else, Mies anchored his production to the freedom of movement. He seamlessly integrated nature and the man-made with his designs, in which both coexisted and created a unied expression. Ironically, Mies believed that God was in the details. Instead of intensifying the designs intricacies, Mies brings out essential qualities and accentuates it. In this way, Mies helps us notice the typically ignored, raw, minute qualities and savor them.