The Seagram Wall Lamp receives the name of the first attempt at skyscraper construction by the modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. Following the functionalist aesthetic of the Seagram building located in New York City, this modern lighting piece is a carved block of marble involved by vertical brass blades carefully inserted as an allusion to modern metal structures. The design of the lamp incorporates Mies beliefs that a building's structure should be visible as an external expression with no decorative elements.