Jury Citation: For the renovation of a paradigm of the innovative and pragmatic architecture of the 1930s, accomplished with great efficiency and respecting the simplicity of the original concept.‹›
Glass House

Philip Johnson

Exterior · New Canaan, United States · 1949

Photo: Project Leader: Bernard Baines & Christian Gilot, Architects · Public domain · Europeana · Original 1701×2551

Jury Citation: For the renovation of a paradigm of the innovative and pragmatic architecture of the 1930s, accomplished with great efficiency and respecting the simplicity of the original concept.

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