It’s a 60-mile haul from Chicago to Plano, Illinois, to see the Edith Farnsworth House, the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed residence built along the Fox River. But it’s certainly worth the ...

What’s That Building? The Edith Farnsworth House The Edith Farnsworth House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. courtesy By Dennis Rodkin Mar 17, 2022, 4:00am PDT ...

In May, the innovative glass house marks 20 years open to the public. Putting Edith Farnsworth side by side with Mies van der Rohe in the story has been a major change in that time.

The Farnsworth house may not be washed off its foundation but it's the cultural significance in the layers below, not only of this site, but sites all across Illinois conservationists are most ...

On Nov. 17, the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, took a new name: the Edith Farnsworth House. This five-letter change marks a small but significant gesture in the decades-long effort to tell ...

David Bahlman, former head of Landmarks Illinois who saved Mies van der Rohe’s famed Farnsworth House, dies at 78 Mr. Bahlman also helped save the former Cook County Hospital building from the ...