Highfield House is a high-rise

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in the Tuscany-Canterbury neighborhood of

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. It was designed by

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and completed in 1964. It was the second of two buildings designed by Mies in Baltimore.

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was the first. Highfield House was added to the

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in 2007. Highfield House was featured i
The Baltimore Modernism Project
held at th
D Center Baltimore
in October 2012. The Baltimore Modernism Project included renderings from the archives of th
Baltimore Architecture Foundation
alongside a rendering and drawings on loan from the Highfield House Board, and contemporary photography by Jeremy Kargon. In October 2014, Highfield House celebrated it
50th anniversary
by revealing a new plaque noting its addition to the National Register of Historic Places.

Architecture

Highfield House is a 15-story concrete tower facing east. Set on a platform, the main residential floors are 20 feet above the base. 36 columns frame an enclosed lobby and two equally sized areas of sheltered terrace to the north and south. The windows are made of dark gray tinted glass. Below each window is a brick panel. The use of brick decoration can also be seen in his buildings at IIT.

References

External links

Engineer's Guide to Baltimore: Highfield House CondominiumsHighfield House Condominiums 50th anniversary website, 2014
*, including photo from 2001, at Maryland Historical Trust
Highfield House – Explore Baltimore Heritage
Apartment buildings in Baltimore Ludwig Mies van der Rohe buildings Residential condominiums in the United States Tuscany-Canterbury, Baltimore Buildings and structures completed in 1964 Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore 1960s architecture in the United States Modernist architecture in Maryland Residential skyscrapers in Baltimore {{BaltimoreCityMD-NRHP-stub