Ludwig Mies van der Rohe coined "less is more" and defined the glass skyscraper as we know it. His Barcelona Pavilion (1929) and Seagram Building in New York (1958) established the minimalist steel-and-glass aesthetic that every modern office tower descends from. His influence on architecture is arguably the most pervasive of the 20th century.

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