
"Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's famous modern masterpiece, the Farnsworth House, fell prey to Mother Nature Sunday, September 14, as flood waters rose almost two feet over the top deck, entering the house. Built within the flood plain of the Fox River in Plano, Illinois, the house stands on columns five feet above ground which proved not high enough as record breaking rain amounts brought the river more than 14 feet above its normal level. More than eight inches of rain fell in two days as Tropical Storm Lowell passed through Saturday, immediately followed by the remnants of Hurricane Ike Saturday night and Sunday. Fox River waters rose quickly and by Sunday morning, September 14, they had breached the interior of the house by over a foot."




Tiago Pinto de Carvalho, arquitecto estagiário, licenciado pela ESAP-Porto, 2007, colaborou com o arq. Eurico Salgado dos Santos e com o atelier Cirurgias Urbanas, enquanto estudante, estagiou no atelier de Christian Muller (CMA), actualmente é colaborador no atelier de Johan de Wachter (JDWA), vive em Roterdão.
