... us to look closely at the details of this passage, what have I been doing? Is it only an exercise in Bible study? Is it just a short course on how to read a text closely? I hope not. The great German-American architect of this century, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is known for his exhaustively planned buildings. In his skyscrapers every aspect of the interior and exterior is coordinated into a single ideal. Nothing essential is omitted; nothing that is included is out of place. The statement is attributed to ...