HIGHFIELD HOUSE CONDOMINIUM

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Title	HIGHFIELD HOUSE CONDOMINIUM
View	General side view of the front facade
Notes	dwelling
Work Type	apartment building condominium
Style/Period	Modern International Style
Creator Name	Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
Creator Nationality	American, German born
School of Creator	Early Modern Modern
Date.Creator Birth	1886
Date.Creator Death	1969
Major Design Aspects	approachable from all sides free-standing structure structure expressed
Elements & Spatial Types	pilotis
Climate Type	temperate
Country	United States of America
City	Baltimore
State/Province	MD
Architectural Material	concrete, glass
Structural System	reinforced concrete
Dates	1964
Century	20C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	7/31/1997
Subject Information	Completed in 1964, the former apartment building is located on North Charles Street in Guilford. It is a 13-story reinforced-concrete and glass structure perched on columns that shelter a glass-enclosed lobby. But unlike many van der Rohe buildings (such as Baltimore's more famous Mies piece, One Charles Center), Highfield House doesn't make a stark statement. The elegant proportions of the wide window bays, the tan brick facing, and its position well back from the street soften the impact of its functional repetition and minimal detailing. The forest of columns holding the building aloft echoes the surrounding trees, while the largely transparent lobby allows a more unobstructed view of the leafy surroundings for the building's entrants and its passersby as well. Mies hid the building's parking garage on the lot's sloping backside and provided residents with a sunken pool/ recreation area in the rear, carrying graceful unobtrusiveness through the complete design.
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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