Mies van der Rohe Tugendhat house 1930


"Minimisation of furnishing also incited the user to get to know his identity and project it into the space, which was intentionally not precisely defined. Thus the house was intended to be not only a perfectly functional living machine, but also a work of art placing considerable demands on the resident."

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