Come vide l'oppurtunit� per la comissione di futuri edifici sfumare accetto la residenza in Wyoming e successivamente l'offerta di dirigere uan scuola di design a Chicago. Quando arrivo negli stati uniti dopo 30 anni di pratica in Germania la sua reputazione come pioniere dell'architettura moderana era gi� stabilita dai promotori americani dello stile internazionale. 



L'istituto a cui fu messo a capo a Chicago era l' Armour Institute of Technology. Una delle condizioni per essere messo a capo di questa scuola era quella di accettare l'incarico di progettare i nuovi edifici di questo complesso. I suoi 30 anni come architetto americano riflettono i pi� consisteni e maturi approcci che portano ad avere come obbiettivo il prototipo del'architettura del 20 secolo. Lui si concentr� sull'idea di creare larghi spazo universali, con un chiaro ordine di paini di lavoro (strutturali) creati con l'utilizzo di metalli vetro e mattoni. Il suo stile particolare, che ha origini della internazionale comunista (vedaso il monumento a Rosa luxemburg) diventa pienamente accettato, e sfruttato per molti di moderni palazzi delle corporation americane. 

I suoi progetti pi� significativi in questo ambito sono le torri residenziali di 860 880 Lake shore, La Farnsworth house le strutture dell IIT e molti edifici a chigago e a new york


Tra il 1946 e il 1951 Mies progetta e costruisce la Farnsworth House una casa di villeggiatura per una donna indipendente e professionale. La casa � localizzata fuori Chicago. Questo piccolo capolavoro mostr� al mondo che la struttura esposta di metallo e vetro sono materiali adattissimi all'architettura. Il padiglione di vetro sorge vicino a un laghetto vicino al fiume Fox. La struttura definisce uno spazio interno chiuso in un alto vetro. Un core di legno serve all'interno a definire e dividere le varie zone quella di cottura , quella giorno e quella notte, senza la necessit� di utilizzare muri o pareti di alcun tipo, nessun tipo di divisorio tocca la struttura di vetro che crea la struttura della casa. Strutture a tutta parete provvedono a creare al privacy dove e quando desiderata, nascondendo l'interno della casa.



The Farnsworth House is a house built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It is located approximately 80 kilometers west of Chicago, in the town of Plano, Illinois. The Farnsworth House is considered an excellent example of modernism in architecture. The minimal lines and enlongated glass walls seem to float above the green grass of the Fox River Valley. The building was designed to be surrounded by trees, with the trees themselves providing cooling during the summer. The Farnsworth House is heated through electric coils in the concrete floor. The sheer number of windows made living in the Farnsworth House difficult. Additional complications related to the unique format include high heating costs, rapid discoloration of the concrete porches during fall (they must be bleached), and the high level of cosmetic attention demanded by the painted iron frame. While the building makes a powerful statement about the potential of modernist design, even Mies admitted that the house is unsuitable for normal household living.

Inside, the house is essentially one large room with freestanding dividers that provide some differentiation between the spaces. Very private areas such as toilet and bath are obscured from view by these dividing walls. The entire complement of interior decor, furniture, and equipment was designed by Mies expressly for this house.

The total cost of the house was $72,000 in 1951. This is the equivalent of approximately $500,000 in 2005 dollars. Cost overruns and alleged personal conflict between Dr. Edith Farnsworth and Mies led to a lawsuit. Farnsworth claimed the house was uninhabitable. Mies agreed, claiming that the house was really just an artistic exercise that could be used for vacation purposes. Besides, Mies could prove that Farnsworth had approved the plans, and he won in court.

Part of Farnsworth's protest against Mies included a national appeal to architecture critics and a denouncement of Mies in national publications. Frank Lloyd Wright used the occasion to denounce the house, the architect, and the International (modernist) Style in general. In his opinion, modernists were closet communists with mechanistic views of human needs and worshipers of conformist minimalism in all things.

Despite the controversy, the house's historical significance is undeniable and it has many admirers.

In 1972 Farnsworth's husband sold the house to British property magnate Peter Palumbo. He added to the grounds and commissioned noted sculptors including Anthony Caro and Richard Serra to produce sculptures for the grounds. Palumbo sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2003 for a reported $8 million, and building tours are now conducted by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.

    See also: Glass House (Connecticut)

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