Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is a German-American architect who directed a school in modern architecture. He really strived to have his own architectural style that was modern and simple. The Nazis opposed modernism in architecture, so the school he taught in was closed down and he came to America. he taught modernism in Chicago, and created designs with minimal but strong and clean materials, such as steel and glass. He created many many world renown structures that I will show in future posts, but his style has been used and imitated and he even has his own section in the Museum of Modern Arts.