Recent Development
It was announced in 2011 that the Illinois Institute of Technology (which Mies restructured and designed the Master Plan for) was going to build a permanent exhibition space for the massive wardrobe, which formerly resided in the house. The wardrobe had been extensively damaged in the 1996, 1998, and 2008 floods, with its massive size rendering any possible evacuation attempt costly and difficult. In an attempt to protect the wardrobe, Farnsworth House curators decided to have the wardrobe be on permanent display near the Visitor Center, which is well above the 500-year flood plain. Illinois Institute of Technology students under the direction of Professor Frank Flury have been involved in the design and construction of the structure, and the wardrobe will be better protected for future visitors. The students have nicknamed the building "Barnsworth". It is scheduled to be completed in September 2012.
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