Highfield House Condominium
Highfield House Condominium, International Style residential building in Tuscany-Canterbury, Baltimore, United States.
The Highfield House Condominium stands as a 15-story structure with dark gray tinted glass windows and brick panels beneath each window opening.
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed this residential tower between 1962 and 1964, making it one of only two buildings he created in Baltimore.
The National Register of Historic Places recognized this building in 2007 for its contribution to modernist architecture in Baltimore's urban landscape.
The building contains 165 residential units and features a round sunken swimming pool surrounded by gardens at the rear of the property.
The structural design elevates the main residential floors 20 feet above the base, supported by 36 columns that frame an enclosed lobby.
Location: Baltimore
Architectural style: International Style
GPS coordinates: 39.33840,-76.61860
Latest update: September 23, 2025 14:24
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe shaped 20th-century architecture. His buildings stand in European and North American cities and show his approach: clear geometry, steel and glass combined with open floor plans. Each project follows the principle of reducing to the essential and defining space through structure. In the United States, he designed the Farnsworth House in Illinois, a residence with glass walls set in a wooded area. In Chicago, he created several buildings, including Crown Hall on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus and the residential high-rises on Lake Shore Drive. In New York, he developed the Seagram Building together with Philip Johnson, an office tower made of bronze and glass. Additional projects took him to Washington, Baltimore, Detroit, Montreal, and Toronto. In Europe, he built villas, museums, and exhibition structures. The Barcelona Pavilion was a temporary structure for the 1929 World's Fair, later reconstructed. Villa Tugendhat in Brno is now a World Heritage site. In Berlin, he built the New National Gallery, a museum with a large glass roof. In Krefeld, he designed Haus Lange and Haus Esters for private clients.
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