The Glass House by Philip Johnson
The basic concept for Philip Johnson’s glass house was borrowed from Mies Van Der Rohe, who designed the glass and steel Farnsworth House. Unlike the Farnsworth House, however, Johnson’s home is symmetrical and sits solidly on the ground. The interior space is divided by low walnut cabinets and a brick cylinder with the bathroom inside. The cylinder and the brick floors are polished in purple hue and the steel comes in dark gray.
Architect Philip Johnson, born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1906, has become one of architecture’s most potent forces. Before designing his first building at the age of 36, Johnson had been client, critic, author, historian, museum director, but not an architect. In 1949, after a number of years as the Museum of Modern Art’s first director of the Architecture Department, Johnson designed a residence for himself in New Canaan, Connecticut for his master degree thesis, the now famous Glass House. Philip Johnson was the first recipient ot the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize when it was established in 1979.
December 7, 2006 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 5
September 17th, 2006 at 7:20 am
absolutely beautiful…=)
October 25th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Hi,
Working on a CAD class project. You wouldn’t know where I could get a drawing of the glass house????
cheers
paul
April 26th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Thsi is sooooo kool!!! I Love this but I would like to know where it is located!!
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:00 am
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July 2nd, 2007 at 9:14 am
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