| "The Farnsworth House" |
| The Farnsworth House |
| "I pointed out to him..." |
| I pointed out to him [Mies] that it [a glass house] was impossible because you had to have rooms, and that meant solid walls up against the glass, which ruined the whole point. | |
| Mies said, ŅI think it can be done.Ó | |
| -Philip Johnson, speaking at a symposium held at the School of Architecture, Columbia University, 1961 |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House, 1946-1951 |
| The Riehl
House, Potsdam (Germany), 1907 reveals MiesÕs interest in the relationship between building and landscape; MiesÕs first built work |
| Model of the Krller-Mller
project of 1912 Schinkelesque in its monumentality; |
| SchinkelÕs GardenerÕs
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 |
| ŅI believe that the Farnsworth House has never really been understood. I myself have been in this house from morning to nightfall. Until then, I had never realized how colorful nature could be. Inside, neutral tones have to be carefully used since all colors exist on the outside. These colors change continuously and completely, and IÕd like to say that it is simply glorious.Ó | |
| Mies, quoted in Werner Blaser, Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House | |
| (Birkhuser, 1999) |
| 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" |
| 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 |