Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. en.wikiarquitectura.com › building › mccormick-houseMcCormick House - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura

   en.wikiarquitectura.com › building › mccormick-house

   • Cached

   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 ...

   • Location: Elmhurst, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2. architecture-history.org › architects › architectsMcCORMICK HOUSE - architecture-history.org

   architecture-history.org › architects › architects

   • Cached

   McCORMICK HOUSE. Robert McCormick, one of the project developers of the Lake Shore Drive Apartments, commissioned Mies to build one storey of the towers at ground level for use as a private residence. The prefabricated frame construction was delivered by lorry and erected in two days.

   • Address: Elmhurst, Illinois, USA
   • Date: 1951-1952

   • Architects: MIES VAN DER ROHE, LUDWIG
   • Name: McCORMICK HOUSE

3. www.archdaily.com › 875045 › mies-van-der-rohesMies van der Rohe's Other Illinois Home, the McCormick House ...

   www.archdaily.com › 875045 › mies-van-der-rohes

   • Cached

   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 ...

4. design.newcity.com › 2018/07/26 › the-open-house-ofMcCormick House: Behind Mies' Restoration of the Modernist ...

   design.newcity.com › 2018/07/26 › the-open-house-of

   • Cached

   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 ...

5. elmhurstartmuseum.org › architecture › historyHistory - Elmhurst Art Museum

   elmhurstartmuseum.org › architecture › history

   • Cached

   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).

6. www.architectmagazine.com › design › on-the-boardsAs It Was Meant To Be: The Restoration of Mies’s McCormick ...

   www.architectmagazine.com › design › on-the-boards

   • Cached

   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 ...

7. People also ask

   What is the structure of the McCormick House?

   • The structure of the McCormick House, of a single plant composed of glass and steel, sits on a concrete slab. In the side walls and in which the entrance is located bricks have been used. The McCormick House by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was built in Elmhurst, Chicago, Illinois, United States in 1952. It was then remodeled in 2016.

   McCormick House - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura

   en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/mccormick-house/

   See all results for this question

   Why was the McCormick House built?

   • More than a prestigious suburban residence for the McCormick family the property was to serve as a prototype for prefabricated middle-class homes—a real-estate project for the future that Mies envisioned and one that McCormick Jr. himself was planning to develop. It was completed in 1952.

   McCormick House: Behind Mies' Restoration of the Modernist Gem in

   design.newcity.com/2018/07/26/the-open-house-of-the-mccormick-house/

   See all results for this question

   Where is the McCormick House now?

   • In 1994, the house moved from its original location to its current location next to the Elmhurst Museum of Art at 150 Cottage Hill Avenue. In 1997 a closed corridor was added between the structures, hiding the original entrance of the McCormick House. Today, the McCormick House is the cornerstone of the Elmhurst Museum of Art collection.

   McCormick House - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura

   en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/mccormick-house/

   See all results for this question

   What happened to the McCormick House?

   • In 1997 a closed corridor was added between the structures, hiding the original entrance of the McCormick House. Today, the McCormick House is the cornerstone of the Elmhurst Museum of Art collection. The museum has initiated a multi-phase restoration plan to return the house many of its original features.

   McCormick House - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura

   en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/mccormick-house/

   See all results for this question

   Did Ludwig Mies van der Rohe design the McCormick House?

   • At least not yet. Composed of glass and steel, and set upon a concrete slab foundation, the McCormick House is one of only three single-family homes in the United States designed by famed architect and leading twentieth-century modernist Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

   McCormick House: Behind Mies' Restoration of the Modernist Gem in

   design.newcity.com/2018/07/26/the-open-house-of-the-mccormick-house/

   See all results for this question

   Why is the McCormick House a suburban house?

   • The suburban residence of the McCormick House provides a differently sized structure and living conditions set by the architect. It is also a mass reproduction model, which many have not associated with Mies in the past.

   McCormick House: Behind Mies' Restoration of the Modernist Gem in

   design.newcity.com/2018/07/26/the-open-house-of-the-mccormick-house/

   See all results for this question

8. www.architecturaldigest.com › story › ludwig-miesMies van der Rohe's McCormick House Is Getting New Life

   www.architecturaldigest.com › story › ludwig-mies

   Jun 29, 2017 · The one-story home in Elmhurst, Illinois, designed in 1952 (seven years after Farnsworth) for Robert McCormick Jr. and one of only three single-family residences conceived by the innovating ...