
Plot
No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe. Together with documentation of his life, this film shows all his major buildings, as well as rare film footage of Mies explaining his philosophy. Phyllis Lambert relates her choice of Mies as the architect for the Seagram building. Mies's achievements and continuing influence are debated by architects Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Venturi, and Philip Johnson, by former students and by architectural historians. Mies is seen in rare documentary footage.
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Cast

Mies van der Rohe
Archive Footage

Philip Johnson
Self

Robert A.M. Stern
Self

Franz Schulze
Narrator

Peter Blake
Self

George Danforth
Self

Arthur Drexler
Self

Peter Eisenman
Self

James Ingo Freed
Self

Myron Goldsmith
Self

Bruce Graham
Self

John Hejduk
Self

Philip Johnson
Self

Phyllis Lambert
Self

Dirk Lohan
Self

Fritz Neumeyer
Self

Richard Pommer
Self

Julius Posener
Self