Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois
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 | Farnsworth House |
| Designer | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
| Location | Plano, Illinois, USA |
| Date | 1946 to 1950 |
| Building Type | Small House |
| Construction System | Steel, Concrete, Glass |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | rural |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | 14520 River Rd. |
| Notes | |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Farnsworth_House.html |
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| Farnsworth House | |
| Designer | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
| Location | Plano, Illinois, USA |
| Date | 1951 |
| Building Type | Housing |
| Construction System | Steel, Steel, Concrete, Glass |
| Architectural Style | Miesian, Modern |
| Street Address | 14520 River Rd. |
| Notes |
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| National Register of Historic Places | |
| Name | Farnsworth House |
| ID Number | 4000867 |
| NRHP Status | Listed In The National Register |
| Certification Date | 10/07/2004 |
| Level of Significance | National |
"The Farnsworth house is Mies's summary statement of those spatial and architectural concerns he first realized in the Barcelona Pavilion, and which he further developed in the Tugendhat house.... However, contained in what is a pure expression of its age is another vision, that of a transparent house in a verdant landscape."
— David Spaeth. Mies Van Der Rohe. London: The Architectural Press, 1985. p125.
Details
2156 square feet
American Institute of Architects 25 Year Award, 1981
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[edit] References
"Farnsworth House Saved", by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 179, 2004.0128, pN1.1.
"Mies, Classical Modernist", by Michael J. Crosbie, ArchitectureWeek No. 61, 2001.0808, pN1.1.
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. plan and section diagram, p158. grid geometry diagram, p194. binuclear diagram, p204. Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Edward R. Ford. The Details of Modern Architecture. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990. ISBN 0-262-06121-X. LC 89-31772. NA2840.F67 1989. exterior photos, construction section/anonmetric details, p266-267. drawing of wall section detail, p266. Highly recommended for serious observers, and available at Amazon.com
Paul Heyer. American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993. ISBN 0-442-01328-0. LC 92-18415. NA2750.H48. exterior photo, p86.
Wolf Tegethoff. Mies van der Rohe, the Villias and Country Houses. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1985. photo of interior, f21.11. Color photo of exterior, f21.10. photo of exterior, f21.12.
Marcus Whiffen and Frederick Koeper. American Architecture, Volume 2. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. exterior photo, f284, p354. An excellent survey of American architecture. Reprint Edition Available at Amazon.com
Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
[edit] External Links
- Official Farnsworth House web site
- Flood damage targeted at historic Plano home - Chicago Tribune, 2009.0113
