FARNSWORTH HOUSE TOUR & CONCOURS THREE 14520 River Road, Plano, IL August 11th 2-6PM

The PCA has been given a very rare opportunity to have a private tour of the Farnsworth House. Club member Adam Kern brought this venue to my attention over 18 months ago. We have been working very hard with the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) to put this event together.

To give you all a better idea how important the Farnsworth House is Dan Cubric. One of our club members and member of the CAC has written a small introduction for this tour.

Iconic – sounds familiar, doesn’t it? You get that phrase coined rarely on timeless design, often through architecture and automotive design. Architect Mies van der Rohe is no stranger to modern design, similarly to Ferdinand and Butzi, two others that we all in the club are familiar with their works. The Farnsworth House wears the icon badge proudly. An experimental concept for residential living at it’s time of build, it drove an era of design to a new level that still reads as modern today. Not far beyond the architectural metropolis of Chicago, only a short country drive away, lies this weekend retreat of a masterpiece along the Fox River outside of Plano, . Amongst the wooded shade and vibrant river flow, sits this National Historic Landmark that our Club will share site to hold our Concours and Social event. From its bold use of steel and glass, to its unselfish integration with the surrounding environment, this structure is a class by itself, and the perfect setting to incorporate our Porsche icons on August 11th. Grab your friends and put together a proper P-Car scenic country drive out to join in for this eventful occasion on the banks of the Fox River. This event is to be a very limited to only 100 attendees and is only $15 per person. The Concours group will be taking about 35 of those spots for their 3rd concours to be held on the grounds. Once the 100 spots are gone that is it. We will have a waiting list set up. This is one event you should not wait on registering online at Clubregistration.net https://clubregistration.net/events/signUp.cfm/event/10043

At 2PM, club members should plan on arriving and park in the visitor’s center parking area. A short scenic ½ mile walk to watch the Concours Team judge the contestant’s cars at the tennis courts.

We will have some options available to our members with mobility issues.

At 3PM the Concours awards will be passed out and some light refreshments will be served. At 4PM the Farnsworth house is ours for private tours and we will walk down a gravel road to see the house for the next 2 hours.

I know that Plano looks like a long drive but it is only 1 hour from O’Hare. I will be putting out a newsletter together for those attending with sights to see and wonderful places to eat along the way. So, grab some club friends and make a day of it.

Last thing I am working on is a very weather sensitive part of this event. If the weather is good and the lawn is not wet. We are hoping that we can have 10-15 members and their cars drive down the gravel road to have their cars photographed with the Farnsworth House as a background. Some of those spots are going to be awarded to the Concours winners. The rest are going to be awarded in a lottery to those that interested is supporting our Club Charity...SparkShop.

The lottery winners will receive the original high-resolution files of their pictures and will have the option of doing whatever they want with them. Possibly blow them up for a beautiful picture on your wall of two Design Icons.

See attached map below for details on arriving at the Farnsworth House.

Please email Steve for questions and the details of the lottery if you are interested at [email protected]. Tennis court for Enter here for Visitors Center concours only concours entrance and parking participants only for all social participants