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ReadSarah Welcome2022-10-07T10:43:24-05:00

What are they saying about Edith Farnsworth’s Country House?

  • The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture, New York Times Magazine, August 2, 2021

  • This year, these projects raised our spirits, Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune, December 6, 2020

  • Mies’s iconic Farnsworth House goes back to its original interiors for new show, The Spaces

  • Farnsworth House installation replicates Edith Farnsworth’s original decor, Kristine Klein for Dezeen, July 22, 2020

  • A Second Look at Edith Farnsworth and Her Mies van der Rohe–designed Retreat, Zach Mortice blog, July 16, 2020

  • A Different View of the Masterful Farnsworth House — hers, not his, Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune, July 2, 2020

What are they saying about Broken Glass by Alex Beam?

  • Broken Glass, Veranda’s July Book Club Selection!

  • Broken Glass book review – “Let the Outside In” by Witold Rybczynsk / WSJ 

  • Broken Glass book review – “When Mies van der Rohe Went on Trial” by James Barron / NYT

  • “Broken Glass by Alex Beam chronicles the drama surrounding Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House” by Julia M. Klein, Chicago Tribune

  • Broken Glass book review, “The Farnsworth on Trial” by Eric Wills for Architect Magazine

Educational and entertaining stories about the Edith Farnsworth House:

  • The Past, Present, and Future of Farnsworth House by Lee Bey, Preservation Magazine, Fall 2020.
  • Two Modern Masterpieces: Farnsworth House and The Glass House, Side by Side, text by Priya Chhaya, photos by Robin Hill, Sept. 11, 2020, savingplaces.org

  • Rising Out of the Deep: Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House eyes a flood-mitigation idea involving hydraulic lifts, by Alex Beam, architects.org, April 16, 2020

  • Illinois Tech Students Reimagine Farnsworth House with Shipping Containers by Andrew Connor, iit.edu/news, April 23, 2019

  • The Farnsworth House Is Being Seriously Threatened by Floods: Mies van der Rohe’s masterpiece finds itself in the midst of a rainwater lake by Madeleine Lucke