The Seagram Building is another one of Mies van der Rohe’s architecture. It was built in 1957 and is located in New York City. The building is bronze and has dark glass, which I’m not really a fan of. It reaches the sky at 38 stories high and has a granite plaza at the ground that looks very beautiful. Furthermore, it capitalizes on having very geometric shapes. This is in contrast to older skyscrapers that usually had a lot of detail and artwork, were not necessarily geometric, and were vibrant in color. I think what is ironic is that although Mies really attempted to make his architecture as simple as possible, there are clearly elements that are used to enhance its beauty. For example, the fake structural frames that are seen within the skyscraper serve little purpose, and yet they are there to “reveal” the frame of the building. This is contradictory to his style because they are unnecessary, and yet all the necessary to depict a minimalist building. Overall, I think this building is a little bland. I do appreciate the simplest style, but I also believe that it really fails to capture the beauty that skyscrapers have. Yes, the Seagram plaza does a good job of highlighting the pure magnificence of a building just being a skyscraper, but I think it fails to add other elements that make a skyscraper art rather than a box of metal. I do, however, think that the plaza is a really nice element. Cities oftentimes can feel really cramped and having the plaza is a way for people to not feel as compact.