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The McCormick House, a proposed prefabricated housing prototype for the western Chicago area, is composed of two displaced and terraced bodies that serve the purpose of creating separate wings, one for parents and one for children. The one-storey house has a 3-bedroom children’s wing, one of them for the maid, a games room, a full bathroom, a ...
- Elmhurst, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 3, 2017 · Built in 1952 for Robert McCormick Jr. – the owner of the land where Mies' 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive was constructed – the house was moved down the street in 1994, where it was attached to ...
Jul 26, 2018 · Exterior view of Robert H. McCormick, Jr. house, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and originally located at 299 Prospect Avenue in Elmhurst, Illinois, November 28, 1952. It wasn’t long until it was moved from its original location and attached to the Elmhurst Art Museum via a fifteen-foot-long corridor three years later—a project that ...
- Vasia Rigou
The building, which McCormick used as a weekend house, was dismantled in 1994 and reerected in the grounds of the neighbouring Elmhurst Art Museum. While the steel construction was transferred intact, the building was originally conceived in conjunction with a parklike garden designed by the landscape architect Alfred Caldwell, and this ...
- Elmhurst, Illinois, USA
- 1951-1952
- MIES VAN DER ROHE, LUDWIG
- McCORMICK HOUSE
In 1952, the renowned modern architect Mies van der Rohe designed a home for Robert Hall McCormick III, a member of Chicago’s most prominent families, and his wife, the poet Isabella Gardner. The home is a rare and important example of Mies van der Rohe’s mature style, incorporating elements of his celebrated designs for the Farnsworth House (1951) and 860-880 Lake Shore Drive (1951).
Jul 5, 2017 · Completed in 1952, the McCormick House in Elmhurst, Ill., is a one-story, glass-and-steel structure designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Robert McCormick Jr., his sales agent for 860-880 Lake shore Drive in Chicago, and McCormick's wife, the poet Isabella Gardner. Now part of the Elmhurst Art Museum, the house originally served two purposes ...
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On the museum's campus is the McCormick House, a single-family home designed in 1952 by Mies van der Rohe, one of the great architects of the 20th Century. The McCormick House is one of only three residences designed and built by Mies in the United States – and one of only two open to the public. Enjoy spending time in this mid-20th century ...
