Glass House

Philip Johnson

New Canaan, United States · 1949 · House

Glass House
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Philip JohnsonNew CanaanUnited States1940sHouseModernismPostmodernismGlass
Location
New Canaan, United States
Year
1949
Typology
House
Materials
Glass
Context
Modernism, Postmodernism
Map
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The Glass House is a historic house museum on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. It was built in 1948–49 by the architect Philip Johnson, who designed the home as his weekend retreat. The New York Times has called the home his "signature work".

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Exterior · Glass House
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Model · Carol M. Highsmith
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Exterior · A. Latina Brown
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Exterior · Project Leader: Bernard Baines & Christian Gilot, Architects
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Site plan · Edelteil

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