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Bottega Veneta and Dries Van Noten

As Finnegan’s travels take him ever farther afield

from Georgia to Maine

- Squared corners

Taschen Mies van der Rohe blue Bottega Veneta and Dries VanMies van der Rohes philosophy was one of underlying truth in pure forms and proportions. With the help of contemporary technological and material developments, he sought a stripped down purity to architecture, showcased by the likes of the Seagram Building and Farnsworth House. Some spoke out against this stark approach as the precursor to bland, generic cityscapes. Others cite Mies van der Rohe as the ultimate master of an abidingly elegant essence.