Elmhurst Art Museum announced today plans to unveil the original facade of Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House (1952), which has been obscured by an addition connecting it to the museum since 1997. The iconic facade of this historically significant building will be visible for the first time in 20 years as part of Elmhurst Art Museum’s 20th anniversary celebration.
Heritage Architecture Studio will be working with Elmhurst Art Museum Executive Director Jenny Gibbs to oversee the work of Berglund Construction to be completed in 2017. Barry Bergdoll is advising on the project and curating a long-term exhibition, Mies In Chicago which will open in 2018. Bergdoll is Curator of the Museum of Modern Art (NYC) Department of Architecture and Design, and the Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University.
When
Will be open sometime in 2018
Photos
Top Slider - All images courtesy of Heritage Architecture Studio, LLC and LP Studio Inc.
Bottom Slider - View of the Robert Hall McCormick, Jr. house, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, located at 299 Prospect Road in Elmhurst, Illinois, June 23, 1955.
All images courtesy of Elmhurst Art Museum and the Hedrich Blessing Archive, Chicago Historical Society
Where
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Tickets
General Admission - $9
Seniors - $8 $8
Students & Children - Free
For more information, please call 630.834.0202 or visit elmhurstartmuseum.org
