House of the Day: The Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe
June 23rd, 2016
June 23rd, 2016
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German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) designed The Farnsworth House as a weekend retreat for Dr. Edith Farnsworth between 1945-51.
The glass pavilion sits outside Chicago amid a 10-acre woodland plot, and is typical of Mies’ post-war style which championed clarity, simplicity, and a strong relationship with nature. Mies designed the house to be as light as possible on the landscape by raising it 5ft from the ground, allowing only the eight L-shaped supporting steel columns to meet the ground.
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