The Farnsworth House, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s modernist masterpiece in Chicago’s far southwest suburbs, needs no introduction. As graceful as a Greek temple and as serene as a Shinto shrine, the ...

The inner life of Edith Farnsworth remains something of a mystery. A woman of social standing in midcentury Chicago, her true identity would eventually be eclipsed by two names—her own (surname) and ...

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Can you imagine Jeff Bridges playing Ludwig Mies van der Rohe? Of course you can. Luckily, for those who bemusingly can’t, a film about the trials and tribulations behind Mies’s magnum opus dwelling, ...

For the 70th anniversary of the (formerly known as) Farnsworth House, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s first realized home in the United States and a National Historic Landmark, is being rebranded to better ...

Musician, translator, doctor, and modern architecture patron: All four descriptors apply to a brilliant if overlooked woman who was born well over 100 years ago, in 1903. But Edith Farnsworth, whose ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, certainly the most flood-prone site in the National Trust for Preservation’s storied portfolio, has once again found itself threatened following ...

2014 Farnsworth House INsite project by Luftwerk, a precursor to this year's October installation of Geometry of Light. (Photography by Kate Joyce, Mel and Phil Theobald, Tom Rossiter, courtesy ...

A last-minute surge of donations gave preservation groups the war chest to buy an Illinois landmark house for more than $7.5 million Friday at a tension-filled auction in Manhattan. Leaders of the non ...

Spend some time in nature, celebrate the season, tour the iconic house, or find the perfect gift this holiday season at the Edith Farnsworth House. Thanksgiving week is an ideal time to gather family ...

Dr. Edith Farnsworth’s chaise lounge chairs, designed by Bruno Mathsson, are seen at the Farnsworth House in Plano. The Farnsworth House, shown June 30, 2020, is opening an exhibition, “Edith ...