The Farnsworth House designed by
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The structure’s modern classicism epitomizes the International Style of architecture and Mies’s dictum “less is more.”
The Farnsworth House built between 1945 and 1951 for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a weekend retreat, is a platonic perfection of order gently placed in spontaneous nature in Plano, Illinois. Just right outside of Chicago in a 10-acre secluded wooded site with the Fox River to the south, the glass pavilion takes full advantage of relating to its natural surroundings, achieving Mies' concept of a strong relationship between the house and nature.
