Philip Johnson Glass House // Connecticut's Cultural Treasures
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Description from The Glass House website.
The Glass House is best understood as a pavilion for viewing the surrounding landscape. Invisible from the road, the house sits on a promontory overlooking a pond with views towards the woods beyond. The house is 55 feet long and 33 feet wide, with 1,815 square feet. Each of the four exterior walls is punctuated by a centrally located glass door that opens onto the landscape. The house, which ushered the International Style into residential American architecture, is iconic because of its innovative use of materials and its seamless integration into the landscape. Philip Johnson, who lived in the Glass House from 1949 until his death in 2005, conceived of it as half a composition, completed by the Brick House. Both buildings were designed in 1945-48.
Since its completion in 1949, the building and decor have not strayed from their original design. Most of the furniture came from Johnson’s New York apartment, designed in 1930 by Mies van der Rohe. In fact, Mies designed the now iconic daybed specifically for Johnson. A seventeenth-century painting attributed to Nicolas Poussin stands in the living room. The image, Burial of Phocion, depicts a classical landscape and was selected specifically for the house by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the first director of the Museum of Modern Art. The sculpture, Two Circus Women, by Elie Nadelman stands opposite. It is a small version of a marble sculpture that is in the lobby of the New York State Theater (now David H. Koch Theater) at Lincoln Center in 1964.
The floor plan of the Glass House reveals a fairly traditional living space. Although there are no walls, Philip Johnson referred to areas within the rectangular, loft-like space as “rooms.” There is a kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, hearth area, bathroom, and an entrance area. Despite the very modern style of the house, the layout could easily be a colonial home, something Johnson noted.
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Philip Johnson: Glass House Interview, 1994
Philip Johnson interviewed at his Glass House by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, 1994. This program is part of the Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University. To view similar videos from the Archive on YouTube, visit the Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive Playlist: For further information, visit the collection guide:
The Glass House
In this video RISD president John Maeda narrates a visit to Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, CT. Maeda shares his impressions and talks about how it relates to his thoughts on simplicity. Meanwhile, we explore the site (there are actually several buildings on the property in addition to the Glass House), shot over a couple picture perfect spring days.
Philip Johnson, Architect The Alice Ball House
This significant, well-published and documented mid-century modern masterpiece by PHILIP JOHNSON, of the famous 'Harvard Five' and well-known architect of the 'Glass House' in New Canaan, is located on prestigious Oenoke Ridge known for its estates.
Designed with a cross-axial plane it creates a carefully balanced interior space which flows seamlessly into the natural beauty of the landscape. Restored to its original, the stone and glass house boasts high ceilings and original period fixtures. It is an art collector's dream!!!
Development approval for construction of 11,000 sq ft home w variances for existing house to remain as an ancillary building PhilipJohnsonModern.com.
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HILL-STEAD MUSEUM // Connecticut's Cultural Treasures
A National Historic Landmark and a official project for Save America's Treasures, Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut, is a stop on the Connecticut Art Trail and a member of Connecticut's Historic Gardens. Hill-Stead is noted for its 1901, 33,000-square-foot house filled with art and antiques. Pioneering female architect Theodate Pope Riddle designed the Colonial Revival-style house, set on 152 hilltop acres, to showcase the Impressionist masterpieces amassed by her father, Cleveland iron industrialist Alfred A. Pope.
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures is a new series of 50 five-minute vignettes that profiles a variety of the state's most notable cultural resources.
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See What It’s Like to Live in a Glass House Surrounded by Snow
Kim and Jeff Valles have called a glass house home for the past 10 years and wouldn’t have it any other way. “A glass home was pretty frightening in the beginning,” Jeff says, but now it’s the homes with solid walls that feel foreign to him. “You sit in someone else’s living room and you hear something and you turn, expecting to see out the window, and you look into a wall,” he says.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House Guided Tour, Plano, Illinois, September 30, 2017 5/5
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House guided tour, Plano, Illinois, September 30, 2017. Note that there is no video of the house's interior. Photography and recording of the interior was not allowed, without prior clearance.
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The client shows us Kengo Kuma's addition to a 1950s New Canaan, Connecticut, house designed by local architect John Black Lee. Architectural Record first featured the original house in a 1957 issue.
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The Miller House
(10/1/11) Commissioned by industrialist and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller in 1953, Miller House expands upon an architectural tradition developed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe—epitomizing the international Modernist aesthetic—with an open and flowing layout, flat roof and stone and glass walls. The garden of Miller House was a canvas on which Landscape Architect Dan Kiley expanded Saarinen's architectural vision to the landscape. (October 2011)
Philip Johnson's first residential project hits the market for $1 million - Beauty Architecture
The first house designed by American architect Philip Johnson has been put up for sale by its owners, after 55 years living in the Upstate New York residence.On the market for $1 million (£775,000), the Booth House was built in 1946 in Bedford, New York – close to the modernist haven of New Canaan, Connecticut, where Johnson later built the iconic Glass House for himself.The home is considered a precursor to the Glass House, sharing many of the same modernist principles: open floor plans, seamless circulation, abundant natural light, and a strong connection to nature.For his first residential commission, Johnson designed the Booth House for young couple Richard and Olga Booth, who wanted a weekend getaway in reach of Manhattan.It was sold in 1955 to the Damora family, who lived in the property for over five decades and first put it up for sale in 2010 for $2 million (£1.55 million), but failed to find a buyer.The building is set into the crest of a hill, and reached by a long gravel driveway thats leads up the sloped site and gradually reveals the structure.The simple cuboid is made of concrete walls spanning gaps between steel pillars. Glazing across the structure keeps the exterior light.Inside, a large brick fireplace sits just west of the building's centre. The solid element contrasts with the transparency of the large windows – a feature Johnson would later employ at the Glass House.The hearth also serves as a partition, separating the west lounge from the kitchen and atrium. A staircase concealed to the north of the fireplace leads down to a flexible space on the floor below.The basement room spreads towards a large window at the east facade. Two doors flanking the glass on either side lead out onto a sunken courtyard.On the upper storey, a study at the east east end of the plan perches over the stone-encircled terrace.The style of Johnson's first project carried through to many of his later works, which still bear influence today.You get an idea early on in your work and it persists... it carried right through from the Booth House, the late architect was quoted.Johnson – who died in 2005 aged 99 – is one of the best-known 20th century American architects, and was the recipient of the first Pritzker Prize.His works include the AT&T (now Sony) tower in Manhattan, and the 1964-65 World's Fair pavilion for New York state in Queens – the subject of a recent speculative revitalisation competition.The Glass House – perhaps his most famous project – now serves as a visitor attraction, and hosts an arts programme that has included installations by artists Yayoi Kusama and Fujiko Nakaya.Johnson featured on the first Dezeen Hot List, a guide to the most newsworthy and searched-for players in the design world.Photography by Robert Gregson is provided courtesy of the Damora family..
Sculpture Gallery at the Glass House
Built in 1970 and home to works by Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, John Chamberlain, and more, the Glass House Sculpture Gallery reopens with an entirely new roof.
Mark Lamster, In Search of Philip Johnson
Most people in the design world know Philip Johnson, or think they do: He was the controversial architect with the round glasses who built a glass house and gave us the chippendale-capped AT&T Building. But who, really, was he? In the course of his long life, he had a series of careers—curator, critic, journalist, politician—of which architect was only one. He was intellectually peripatetic. His buildings ranged widely in style and quality. How did he become this way? Who exactly was this complex man? Johnson biographer Mark Lamster talks about the process of figuring out Johnson, and putting that story into narrative form, for his new book, The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century.
Mark Lamster is the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News and a professor at the architecture school of the University of Texas at Arlington. In 2017, he was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and he is a regular contributor to numerous magazines. His photographic work has been published and exhibited across the United States.
The Harvard Five: The Advent of Modernism in New Canaan
5th International Iconic Houses Conference – 15-18 May 2018 in New Canaan, CT, USA.
MODERNISM ON THE EAST COAST – PHILIP JOHNSON AND THE HARVARD FIVE
& ICONIC HOUSES IN LATIN AMERICA
The Harvard Five: The Advent of Modernism in New Canaan
Following the keynote address by Terence Riley was a panel discussion moderated by conference co-chair Hilary Lewis, Chief Curator & Creative Director at The Glass House. A renowned Philip Johnson scholar, she met the architect in 1992 and worked with him closely on books and publications, including his memoirs. She took up her current post in January 2017.
Panelists are:
• John Arcbuckle, architect and President of DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State.
• Stover Jenkins, architect and author of The Houses of Philip Johnson.
• William D. Earls, architect and author of The Harvard Five in New Canaan: Midcentury Modern Houses by Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, John Johansen, Philip Johnson, Eliot Noyes.
Meet the moderator and speakers in these interviews:
Hilary Lewis: iconichouses.org/news/ihc18-hilary-lewis-on-philip-johnson-and-his-glass-house
John Arbuckle: iconichouses.org/news/ihc18-john-arbuckle-on-great-house-tours
Stover Jenkins: iconichouses.org/news/ihc18-stover-jenkins-on-working-for-philip-johnson
William Earls: iconichouses.org/news/ihc18-william-d-earls-ont-the-harvard-five-in-new-canaan
The Iconic Houses Conference was organized by the Iconic Houses network. Conference Chair was Iconic Houses’ Founding Director Natascha Drabbe and Conference Co-Chair Hilary Lewis, Chief Curator and Creative Director at the Glass House.
The full program can be found in this link:
iconichouses.org/doc/conference/IHConference-DailySchedule-08052018.pdf
The Conference publication (90 pages) contains interviews with the 21 speakers and information about the 16 house tours and is free available for Friends of Iconic Houses. You can join us here: iconichouses.org/support
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