One controversial solution involves moving Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Farnsworth House, which sits on ... where it would never flood. It was designed to be in the floodplain.

That means Italian and Scandinavian pieces, as opposed to Van der Rohe’s own designs—which were in Farnsworth's opinion too boxy. Eventually, the house’s furniture will be restored to its ...

Wanting to raise money to maintain two modernist landmarks—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s ... with Edith Farnsworth as he walked along the Fox River near the Mies-designed house.

With the Farnsworth house constructed about 100 feet from the Fox River, Mies recognized the dangers of flooding. He designed the house at an elevation that he bellieved would protect it from the ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the 400,000 square foot (37,000 m²) steel, brick, and glass structure, and it is a rare example of modern architecture in Washington, D.C. The Farnsworth House ...

Can you imagine Jeff Bridges playing Ludwig ... Farnsworth House, is reportedly in the works. Edith Farnsworth, the German architect’s client, will be played by Maggie Gyllenhaal and van der ...

During a visit to the latest exhibition at Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, visitors are more likely to encounter a deer (as this writer did) than a single Mies-designed Brno ...

In the United States, Mies van der Rohe left a lasting legacy through his design of iconic buildings such as the Seagram Building in New York City (1958) and the Farnsworth House in Plano ...

In “Broken Glass,” Alex Beam revisits the saga of the Farnsworth House — a tale of modernism ... been spent to preserve the landmark’s design features. The Kulturforum has long foiled ...

In “Broken Glass,” Alex Beam revisits the saga of the Farnsworth House ... on plight of Togendhat Villa, house built in 1930 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Brno, in what is now the Czech ...