BLOG 6 – Donald Albers – Mies van der Rohe – Farnsworth House

The Farnsworth House is one of Mies van der Rohe’s most iconic designs and most studied projects that he ever started. Built between 1945 and 1951, this building was designed to be a weekend-retreat, having only a single room. This building is widely recognized as being an “international” style of architecture, which shares many attributes with modernism and modern architecture. Due to lawsuits and disagreements between the client and himself arising from an increase in the construction budget, van der Rohe never completed the inside, but it was later finished by a former employee of his. This design was incredibly modern, even in today’s standards, with its use of floor to ceiling windows. Today it remains a popular attraction to architectural students.

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