The Edith Farnsworth House is a historic house museum along the Fox River near Plano, Illinois, completed in 1951 to a design by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the International Style, built as a weekend retreat for the physician Edith Farnsworth. One of only three private residences Mies designed in the United States, it is cited as a major modernist work, raised more than five feet above the floodplain with a minimalist exterior and a largely open plan interior, on a 62 acre estate now owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Building Type LocationPlano, Illinois, United States 1 Completed Year Classification
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Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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A canonical International Style residence.
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The Edith Farnsworth House is a historic house museum along the Fox River near Plano, Illinois, United States.
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The Edith Farnsworth House is a historic house museum along the Fox River near Plano, Illinois, United States
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Completed in 1951
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The Edith Farnsworth House is a historic house museum along the Fox River near Plano, Illinois, United States. Completed in 1951, it was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the International Style and built as a weekend retreat for the nephrologist and physician Edith Farnsworth.
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The facade is composed of glass, interspersed with steel mullions
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The facade is composed of glass, interspersed with steel mullions
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