The only residence built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in America, Farnsworth House exemplifies both the central tenet of the International Style by inverting the conventions of traditional architecture, and of Mies' own design philosophy as it had evolved over the preceding four decades. Commissioned by Dr Edith Farnsworth to be used as a weekend country retreat, the house was conceived by Mies as an envelope of glass and steel floating over the Illinois Fox River flood plain. Its spare interior - an integrated living space ...
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The only residence built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in America, Farnsworth House exemplifies both the central tenet of the International Style by inverting the conventions of traditional architecture, and of Mies' own design philosophy as it had evolved over the preceding four decades. Commissioned by Dr Edith Farnsworth to be used as a weekend country retreat, the house was conceived by Mies as an envelope of glass and steel floating over the Illinois Fox River flood plain. Its spare interior - an integrated living space pared down to the last detail - was intended to enable a simpler, cleaner and healthier lifestyle. With detailed drawings and specially commissioned photography, this addition to the award-winning "Architecture in Detail" series provides an in-depth and richly illustrated account of this icon of 20th-century Modernist architecture. It documents how, even before its completion in 1951, architect and client had fallen out over expenses and practical defects of the house. By the time it was sold to Lord Palumbo in 1972, Edith Farnsworth had changed many of the interior elements dictated so precisely by Mies. Following a ruinous flood in 1996, the house has been faithfully reconstructed to its original Miesian conception.
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Used-Very Good. -The latest book in the award-winning Architecture in Detail series, now in a new, more manageable format-The Farnsworth House is one of the most important Modernist buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe, and the only house designed by Mies in the USA-Beautiful historical and contemporary colour photography-The well-researched technical drawings and working details explain the construction more clearly than previous publications-Includes a foreword by Lord Palumbo Open copy in very good condition, dust jacket/DJ wrapped in complimentary Brodart protector, tight binding with clean pages.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Square 4to. Hardcover in dust jacket., small black dash-mark to bottom edge near end of spine. half-title page has phaidon non mint copy stamp. only slight signs of handling to exterior, negligible impact. no ownership or text markings. no bumps, tears, chips. strong binding.; 60pp., illustrated throughout in color, b/w.
