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True Green / Making Choices About Original Design Features
Passive Climate Management Features in Traditional Historic Buildings Original design features such as operable double hung wood windows, porches, and operable shutters were recently restored at Shado… more →
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Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House 3D Renderings
ferilli wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes ordinary photographs of the Farnsworth House leave you wanting more. Peter Guthrie has fil … more →
home in autumn
T.C. Seward wrote 2 months ago: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House … more →
True Green / Making Choices About Original Design Features
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Barbara Campagna wrote 4 months ago: Passive Climate Management Features in Traditional Historic Buildings Original design features such … more →
House. Museum.
vmichael wrote 5 months ago: The news officially broke yesterday that Landmarks Illinois would cease to be the operating partner … more →
Mid-century modern in Connecticut
housetrained wrote 5 months ago: The US National Trust for Historic Preservation’s last two major acquisitions were Modernist houses … more →
Jenna Cellini named Robert Silman Fellow for Preservation Engineering
Max van Balgooy wrote 8 months ago: Jenna Cellini has joined the National Trust for Historic Preservation as the fourth Robert Silman Fe … more →
Discovering another of Gettysburg's heroes
aphr wrote 8 months ago: Now that baseball is back, I am reminded of a discovery I made out in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania a cou … more →
legendary car & legendary house
chamnann wrote 8 months ago: Ride in a 1957 Chevy/Farnsworth House I used to see this legendary house, the Farnsworth House by Mi … more →
The Challenge of Interpreting 20th Century Historic Landmarks
Max van Balgooy wrote 10 months ago: Because two of the newest National Trust Historic Sites are regarded as modernist icons (Farnsworth … more →
2008: a year of resilience
Terri Anderson wrote 11 months ago: Floods! Ice! High winds! Forest fires! As 2008 draws to a close, I’m sure I join many in w … more →
What's Going On At Robie House?
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vmichael wrote 1 year ago: Last week, Blair Kamin reported in the Trib on two of the iconic house museums that draw tourists fr … more →
Searching for Ghosts in Gettysburg
aphr wrote 1 year ago: The Travel Channel’s popular “Most Haunted” show did a live program this past Friday from Gettysburg … more →
floods keep me busy
vmichael wrote 1 year ago: It felt like I was crisscrossing the northern half of the state last week, and in a sense, I was. I … more →
Flooded Farnsworth
vmichael wrote 1 year ago: All photos courtesy Landmarks Illinois, 2008. The biggest news over the weekend was the incredible f … more →
Are Historic Sites prepared for Disasters?
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Max van Balgooy wrote 1 year ago: This year, National Trust Historic Sites have been pounded by hurricanes, inundated by rain and floo … more →
farnsworth house
designprocess wrote 1 year ago: the midwestern united states is in the midst of weather turmoil. mies van der rohe’s farnswort … more →
Update on Farnsworth Flooding
DJB wrote 1 year ago: As Barbara Campagna – the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Graham Gund Archit … more →
Architectural Icon Farnsworth House Under Water
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DJB wrote 1 year ago: The storms in the Midwest from Hurricane Ike and related weather systems have resulted in flooding a … more →
Days 7 - 10 Vacation
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Debora Dale wrote 1 year ago: What South Carolina vacation would be complete without a trip to Fort Sumter? On our last day in Cha … more →
