Ben Rose House

The Ben Rose House is a private residence designed by modernist architect A. James Speyer, a student of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois in 1953.

An adjoining pavilion meant to showcase the Roses' collection of exotic sports cars was added by David Haid, Speyer's student, in 1974.

[4] The two buildings are steel framed, rectangular, glass-and-wood boxes, and similar to Mies' iconic Farnsworth House, are both lifted off the ground on pylons.

[1] The house was featured in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off after being selected by filmmaker John Hughes via studio executive Ned Tanen, a Ferrari collector and an acquaintance of Rose.

[4] In 2017, the new owners renovated the property, according to DNAinfo, "digging a 15-foot trench under the house that will become a two-car garage, children's play area, storage space and laundry room.