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Mies van der Rohe's iconic Farnsworth House is being threatened by increasing flooding of the nearby Fox River, but preservationists have a plan that could save the modernist masterpiece. Preservationists have recently floated the idea of setting the home on top of a $3M hydraulic system to lift the home above flood waters. [Curbed National]