Title: Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color. Notes: Philip Johnson's Glass House. The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential project for Johnson and his associate Richard Foster, and for modern architecture. The building is an essay in minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Hig‹›
Glass House

Philip Johnson

Exterior · New Canaan, United States · 1949

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · 2006 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 6666×4992

Title: Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color. Notes: Philip Johnson's Glass House. The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential project for Johnson and his associate Richard Foster, and for modern architecture. The building is an essay in minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Hig

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