The "glass skyscraper" architect Ludwig Mies added this, his mother's surname, to his own
Returning to 
his work after the war, Mies debuted his vision of a glass skyscraper, submitting 
the ... Around this time, Mies added van der Rohe to his name,... [DOC] [TLE] Modernist master: Mies van der Rohe - Telegraph - The Telegraph [PAR] Mar 4, 2014 ... Born Ludwig Mies, he rebranded himself as part of his rapid ... working with 
Berlin's cultural elite, annexing his mother's surname, Rohe.