The "glass skyscraper" architect Ludwig Mies added this, his mother's surname, to his own
... Mies 
based his own architectural theories and principles on his own personal... [DOC] [TLE] Mies van der Rohe: Biography of 20th Century Architect [PAR] Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969): Modernist Architect, Leader of Second 
... that could represent modern times just as Gothic and Baroque did for their own 
eras.