farnsworth house

  • Rising Waters Are Spawning A New Breed Of Cyborg Architecture

    Rising Waters Are Spawning A New Breed Of Cyborg Architecture

    Gizmodo International

    Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, a masterpiece on the banks of the Fox River, has been hit by three different “100-year-floods” in the last 20 years. Now, preservationists are considering putting the home on permanent hydraulic jacks to lift it above floodwaters. The Farnsworth House would become a cyborg building — and it’s far…