The Farnsworth House A Glass House in Illinois Completed in 1951, the Farnsworth House, near Plano, Illinois, is widely regarded as one of the major architectural achievements of the twentieth century. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe took his belief that “less is more” almost to the limit by designing a steel-framed, glass-walled box. The box floats… Continue reading Glass Houses and Buried Museums
Tag: Chicago 2014
Chicago Skyline
On my walk today: one final view of the Chicago skyline before heading to O’Hare.
Glass Houses and Buried Museums
Wrote about glass houses and buried museums.
The Second City
Enjoying beer waiting for Chicago’s The Second City to start. Improv’s holy of holies. The beer will help me to ROFL.
Robie House
Visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, self-described cornerstone of modern architecture. Nothing modest here.
Farnsworth House
Walked into architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s idea: the Farnsworth House, near Plano, Illinois.
Multi-Modal Journey to Chicago
Bike to Midtown (where I left my bike for a service), bus, LRT to airport, got paid for voluntary bump to earlier flight to Chicago MDW, El to downtown.