{"product_id":"the-edith-farnsworth-house-by-michelangelo-sabatino-9781580936194","title":"The Edith Farnsworth House","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most famous residences in modern history, a glass and steel marvel that seems to float above its site, \u003cem\u003eThe Edith Farnsworth House\u003c\/em\u003e had been legendary in the public imagination long before it could be widely accessed. This book charts the house's original design by Mies van der Rohe and periods of neglect, flooding, and new ownership by Lord Peter Palumbo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow publicly accessible and celebrating twenty years of being owned and administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, this icon of modern architecture commissioned by client and patron Edith Farnsworth now gets its due. \u003cem\u003eThe Edith Farnsworth House\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most prized residences in modern architectural history, whose sometimes fraught history culminates in its publicly accessible life today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book, which newly foregrounds the key role of client Edith Farnsworth, is written and edited by Michelangelo Sabatino, who contributes deep expertise on modernist architecture, and includes an essay by architectural historian Dietrich Neumann, excerpts of Edith Farnsworth's unpublished memoir, as well as interviews with Mies's grandson Dirk Lohan, and the house's second owner, Lord Peter Palumbo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in association with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, this book is a trove of cultural and visual history, and includes photographs by Hedrich Blessing, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Annie Leibovitz, in addition to documentation of cultural collaborations with artists, designers, and performance troupes such as Virgil Abloh, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Gerard \u0026amp; Kelly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384031461612,"sku":"9781580936194","price":120.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24239443482750.jpg?v=1773397045","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-edith-farnsworth-house-by-michelangelo-sabatino-9781580936194","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}