| "The Farnsworth House" |
| "I pointed out to him..." |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 |
| The Riehl
House, Potsdam (Germany), 1907 reveals MiesŐs interest in the relationship between building and landscape; MiesŐs first built work |
| Model of the Krller-Mller
project of 1912 Schinkelesque in its monumentality; |
| SchinkelŐs GardenerŐs
Cottage, near Potsdam for Mies, a study in proportion, relationships to nature, details, quality of construction; asymmetry in this Italianate villa |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 Plan |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 Section |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 Entrance: note the doors are slightly off centre, emphasizing the main seating area |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 White steel frame |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 White steel frame |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 early design of Farnsworth House and Glass House (Philip Johnson, completed in 1946) |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 |
| Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a young intern in Chicago |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 Interior: core and storage closet act as partitions, creating sleeping and sitting areas |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 Interior: originally to be a second sleeping area, now a dining area with furniture designed by Mies |
| Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House, Illinois, 1946-1951 |
| Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House, Illinois, 1946-1951 |
| Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, Illinois, 1946-1951 Main sitting area; note the fireplace and lack of a defined hearth |
| Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, Illinois, 1946-1951 Hearth |
| Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, Illinois, 1946-1951 North elevation: view of galley kitchen |
| Mies van der Rohe,
Farnsworth House, Illinois, 1946-1951 View of site next to Fox River, Plano, Illinois |
| Views of the steel structure |
| A plumber crouching in front of the flue that hangs from the ceiling, installs the hot water pipes which radiate heat through the floor slab |
| Mies personallly supervised the selection and laying of the travertine panels |
| The structural soundness and tectonic beauty of the I-beam |
| "The Glass House" |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 elevated on a brick base |
| Philip Johnson, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 |
| Philip Johnson, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 |
| Mies and Johnson: A comparison of form |
| Mies and Johnson: a comparison of plans |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 4 doorways for cross-ventilation |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 exterior view |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 corners: complex asymmetrical arrangement that incorporates the steel column |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 interior views |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 interior views |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 view of guest house |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 view of guest house bedroom |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 guest house plan |
| Philip Johnson, Glass
House, New Canaan, Connecticut, completed in 1949 garden pavilion |