Highfield House Condominium
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (German architect, 1886-1969)

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Date
1964Description
Detail of the front façade, depicting window bays; Like his first building in Baltimore, One Charles Center, it is a free-standing tower set on a platform. This reinforced concrete structure was designed with the character of the neighborhood in mind. Thus, due to wide horizontal window openings and the use of traditional brick, its height of thirteen residential stories seems less noticeable in an area of moderate-sized apartment house and individual homes. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 12/2/2007)
Type of Work
apartment houseSubject
architectural exteriors, contemporary (1960 to present), International Style (modern European architecture style), Modernist
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