Dr edith farnsworth biography books
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"Broken Glass": Dr. Edith Farnsworth, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and the Modern Marvel They Created
Where did you conduct research for the book? Was it challenging to find information?
I got access to the transcripts of the nearly 4,page lawsuit Mies filed against Dr. Farnsworth. Journalists love litigation because it means the kunskap is protected and can be quoted. The transcript of the court proceedings is a public document, but the original went missing decades ago. Mies’s biographer Edward Windhorst, and Mies’s grandson, the architect Dirk Lohan, let me use their transcript, and I’m working to man that record public so that future researchers don’t have to go through the same process inom did.
I also did research at the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Archive at MOMA, the Getty Research Institute, and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives (Edith was a researcher at Passavant Hospital, which became part of Northwestern). I interviewed Fairbanks Carpenter, Edith’
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Book Talk: The Edith Farnsworth House
Architectural historian Michelangelo Sabatino will discuss his new book, The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture, exploring the iconic modern house’s three distinct &#;lives.&#; Designed by Mies van der Rohe for Dr. Edith Farnsworth, the house has evolved through different phases of ownership and preservation, from its creation as a pioneering work of modern architecture to its later years under the Palumbo family and its current stewardship by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Landmarks Illinois, which opened the house to the public 20 years ago. Sabatino will be joined by a panel of experts—including Omar Eaton-Martinez from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Elizabeth Milnarik from the Society of Architectural Historians, Ron Henderson, FASLA, from Illinois Institute of Technology, Alphawood Arboretum,LIRIO Landscape Architecture, and preservation Ashley Wilson, FAIA —to
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The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, CultureMichelangelo Sabatino
The comprehensive story of an icon of modern architecture: the Edith Farnsworth House, designed by Mies van der Rohe
One of the most famous residences in modern history, a glass and steel marvel that seems to float above its site, the Edith Farnsworth House had been legendary in the public imagination long before it could be widely accessed. This book charts the house’s original design by Mies van der Rohe and periods of neglect, flooding, and new ownership by Lord Peter Palumbo.
Now publicly accessible and celebrating twenty years of being owned and administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, this icon of modern architecture commissioned by client and patron Edith Farnsworth now gets its due. The Edith Farnsworth House is one of the most prized residences in modern architectural history, whose sometimes fraught history culminates in its publicly accessible life today.
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