"Less is more." Invented glass curtain-wall skyscraper. Led the Bauhaus.
The German-American architect coined the phrase "less is more" and gave the world the glass curtain-wall skyscraper — the DNA of virtually every corporate tower built since 1950. His Barcelona Pavilion (1929) remains one of the most studied buildings in architectural history, and his Seagram Building in New York (1958) redefined the Manhattan skyline. As director of the Bauhaus, he shaped a generation of modernist designers who remade the visual culture of the 20th century.
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