Fransworth House, (Plano, Illinois) ; 1945-1951; Other Fathers: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris and Ludwig Mies van der Roche


Fransworth House, (Plano, Illinois) ; 1945-1951; Other Fathers: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris and Ludwig Mies van der Roche

Fransworth House was built by Ludwig Mies Van Der Roche from 1945 to 1951. He is a renowned architect of 20th century’s modernism era. He worked together with famous Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Peter Behrens. He focused on minimalist style and he quotes “Less is More” to emphasized the minimalism of his architecture. Some of the famous work of Mies are Barcelona Pavilion, concrete office building, Alumni memorial hall, Seagram building, convention hall, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive and etc.

Fransworth house is situated in Plano, Illinois. It was built for Dr. Edith Fransworth.
It was built along the Fox River. It is just a small building in a huge acre of land which portrays simple dwelling. This building is a glass pavilion and also provoke’s Mies minimalism by using only one material for all facades. Fransworth house has three horizontal lines which are podium, floor and roof slabs lifted above the ground by columns. The interior space has no rooms but the spaces are divided by walls. The house has bathrooms, kitchen, utility pace, storage and a small bedroom.  It is also the site for National preservation.

Warke, Val, Eric Keune, and Andrea Simitch. 100 Buildings: 1900-2000. New York ; Paris ; LOndon: Rizzoli, 2017.

"AD Classics: The Farnsworth House / Mies Van Der Rohe." ArchDaily. May 13, 2010. Accessed April 26, 2018. https://www.archdaily.com/59719/ad-classics-the-farnsworth-house-mies-van-der-rohe.


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