The phrase “less is more” was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.
“少即是多”这一说法实际上最早是由一位德国人、建筑师路德维希·密斯·凡德罗（Ludwig Mies van der Rohe）推广开来的，他像其他与包豪斯设计学院有关的人一样，在第二次世界大战前移居美国，并在美国的建筑学院担任教职。
These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture, but none more so than Mies.
这些设计师对美国建筑的发展产生了巨大影响，但其中没有人比密斯的影响更为深远。
The “Case Study Houses” commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts & Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the “less is more” trend.
1945年至1962年间，《加利福尼亚艺术与建筑》杂志委托才华横溢的现代建筑师设计的“案例研究住宅”是又一个本土影响“少即是多”趋势的因素。
It had a great influence upon American architecture.
它对美国建筑产生了巨大影响。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。