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Building: Farnsworth House
Location: Plano, Illinois
Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Structural Engineering/Preservation: WJE
Completion: 1951

AE Interests: precast concrete floor and roof slabs supported by steel frame; steel mullions fasten floor to ceiling glass facade to structural system; structural and expressive I-shaped columns; heated by radiant coils in concrete floor; natural cross ventilation and tree shading; organic relationship between house and natural surroundings; Modernism and International Style

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