The "glass skyscraper" architect Ludwig Mies added this, his mother's surname, to his own
He strove toward an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order ... 
with Berlin's cultural elite, adding "van der" and his mother's surname "Rohe",... [DOC] [TLE] ArchifeverLudwig Mies Van Der Rohe - Archifever [PAR] Jun 5, 2014 ...