In her new book, “Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth,” essayist, artist, and architect Nora Wendl “explodes the sex-and-real-estate myth” of the iconic Edith Farnsworth House, designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for the eponymous physician. Throughout her more than 10 years of research, Wendl repeatedly comes up against the belief that Farnsworth was in love with Mies van der Rohe, and that when their affair was over, she plotted to sue him and ruin his reputation. But, in fact, the story goes like this: between 1949 and 1951, Mies van der Rohe designed a glass house for Edith Farnsworth on Fox River in rural Illinois. He sued her for fees they never agreed to, and she countersued him because of the ever-increasing costs of the runaway project. In 1956, a judge ruled that the two must settle. So, Wendl asks us: “What makes a woman believable?” Read more in the review by Nancy Zastudil through our link in bio. . . . #MiesVanDerRohe #FarnsworthHouse #Architecture ...