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So what does it say about Mies designs if his works only fit well into an environment with other non-Miesien buildings?"
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Well, there is the Farnsworth House, which is a perfect work of architecutre that is remarkably sensenative to its natural context.
And Mies did a series of country houses in Germany that are quite good too (but in brick, not steel. People often forget Mies was a master of working with brick).
I was lucky to get a tour of the Farnsworth House when it was still owned by Lord Palumbo (and furnished). That the house was somewhat open to the public was not well know, so when I found out I immediatly made reservations and drove out to Plano for a tour, which also included Palumbo's sculpture garden in a big prairie somewhat removed from the house.