点评:My mother once served as a docent at the Farnsworth House. She loved every minute of her experience...the research, the history, the visitors, the uniqueness of the structure, the beauty of the property. It's all still there. Located at 14520 River Road, west of Yorkville, south of Plano, on the Fox River, it is a historical house designed and constructed by famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. It was constructed as a one-room weekend retreat in a rural setting, about 60 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. It is arguably the most iconic building of the mid-century catalog of architecture world-wide. revered for its elegance, originality and ingenuity. Open to the public since 2004, it has been estimated that Farnsworth House is worth $7.5 million. Conceived in 1945 as a country retreat for the client, Dr. Edith Farnsworth, the house faces the Fox River just to the south and is raised 5 feet 3 inches above the ground, its thin, white I-beam supports contrasting with the darker, sinuous trunks of the surrounding trees. With its emphatically planar floors, continuous glass walls and roof suspended on the widely-spaced, steel columns, the one-story house appears to float above the ground, infinitely extending the figurative space of the hovering planes into the surrounding site. The great panes of glass redefine the character of the boundary between shelter and that which is inside. Since its completion in 1951, the Farnsworth house has been meticulously maintained and restored. Its most important restoration took place in 1972 when then owner Peter Palumbo hired the firm of Mies van der Rohe's grandson, Dirk Lohan, to restore the house to its original 1951 appearance. A second restoration took place in 1996, after a devastating flood damaged the interior.
翻译:我的母亲曾经在范斯沃斯住宅担任讲解员。她热爱在那里的每一分钟……研究、历史、参观者、建筑的独特性以及庄园的美感。这一切至今仍历历在目。范斯沃斯住宅位于约克维尔以西、普莱诺以南、福克斯河畔的河滨路14520号,是一座历史悠久的住宅,由著名建筑师路德维希·密斯·凡德罗于1945年至1951年间设计和建造。它最初是一处乡村风格的单间周末度假胜地,位于芝加哥市中心西南约60英里处。它可以说是20世纪中叶全球建筑史上最具标志性的建筑,因其优雅、独创性和精巧而备受推崇。范斯沃斯住宅自2004年起向公众开放,估价750万美元。该住宅于 1945 年构思,作为客户伊迪丝·范斯沃斯博士的乡间别墅,南面临福克斯河,高出地面 5 英尺 3 英寸,其纤细的白色工字钢支撑与周围树木较暗的蜿蜒树干形成鲜明对比。凭借其强调的平面地板、连续的玻璃墙和悬挂在间距宽的钢柱上的屋顶,这座单层住宅似乎漂浮在地面之上,将悬浮平面的象征空间无限延伸到周围的场地。大块玻璃重新定义了住所与内部之间的界限。自 1951 年竣工以来,范斯沃斯住宅一直得到精心维护和修复。最重要的修复是在 1972 年进行的,当时的主人彼得·帕伦博聘请了密斯·凡德罗的孙子德克·罗翰的公司,将住宅恢复到 1951 年的原貌。 1996 年,一场毁灭性的洪水损坏了教堂内部,随后进行了第二次修复。