Fans of pioneering German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe will soon have a chance to experience the late designer’s iconic Farnsworth House in a winter setting. Starting early next month, ...

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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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, on the banks of the Fox River in Plano Credit: Deanna Isaacs For the past couple months the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been conducting a public ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ralph Fiennes are starring in the independent drama “Farnsworth House.” Gyllenhaal will play Dr. Edith Farnsworth and Fiennes will portray the Bauhaus architect Mies van der Rohe ...

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 ...