The Farnsworth House was designed and constructed by

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951.

He created buildings with free and open space within a minimal

framework, using expressed structural columns. He did not

believe in the use of architecture for social engineering of

human behavior, as many other modernists did, but his architecture does represent ideals and aspirations. His mature design work is a physical expression of his understanding of the modern epoch.