The Edith Farnsworth house : architecture, preservation, culture. / Michelangelo Sabatino, Scott Mehaffey, Dietrich Neumann, Ron Henderson, Hilary Lewis. txt
Editor: New York : The Monacelli Press, 2024Descripción: 270 p. : ill. ; photo. ; plans ; col. ; 31cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- NA7238.P53 S22 2024
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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.
The book, which newly foregrounds the key role of client Edith Farnsworth, is written and edited by Michelangelo Sabatino, who contributes deep expertise on modernist architecture, and includes an essay by architectural historian Dietrich Neumann, excerpts of Edith Farnsworth's unpublished memoir, as well as interviews with Mies's grandson Dirk Lohan, and the house's second owner, Lord Peter Palumbo. Published in association with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, this book is published is a trove of cultural and visual history, and includes photographs by Hedrich Blessing, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Annie Leibovitz, in addition to documentation of cultural collaborations with artists, designers, and performance troupes such as Virgil Abloh, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Gerard & Kelly.
Foreword Putting Edith into the Farnsworth House Scott Mehaffey 8 --
Introduction Representation versus Reality Michelangelo Sabatino 14 --
The Edith Farnsworth House: Groundwork, 1945 – 1972 34 --
Technological Sublime: Designing and Building the Edith Farnsworth House Dietrich Neumann 98 --
Dream in the Shade of the Black Sugar Maple Ron Henderson 116 --
The Modern House in Chicago: Organic and (not or) Modern Michelangelo Sabatino 120 --
Patron Modern Architecture Excerpts from the Edith Farnsworth Memoirs 136 --
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on the Edith Farnsworth House 162 --
Edith Farnsworth House Oral Histories 166 --
Lord Peter and Lady Hayat Palumbo 167 --
Dirk Lohan 176 --
The Edith Farnsworth House: Lives, 1972 – 2024 184 --
Lives of the Edith Farnsworth House: Preservation, Advocacy, and Stewardship Michelangelo Sabatino 246 --
Afterword --
Reflecting on Two Glass Houses Hilary Lewis 256 --
Acknowledgements 262 --
Contributors 264 --
Image Credits 265 --
Select Bibliography and Resources 266 --
Index 268 --
"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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Michelangelo Sabatino is an architectural historian, curator, and preservationist. He is Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture where he is the inaugural John Vinci Distinguished Research Fellow and directs the PhD program. He serves on the Board of Directors of Docomomo US. He is author and coauthor of numerous books, including Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-75 (Monacelli, 2020).
Scott Mehaffey is Executive Director/Curator of the Edith Farnsworth House Historic Site in Plano, Illinois.
Dietrich Neumann is director of Urban Studies at Brown University and author of An Accidental Masterpiece: Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion (2020).
Hilary Lewis is Chief Curator and Creative Director of The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.