Philip Johnson's Glass House
If you've never seen Philp Johnson's iconic Glass House, one of the greatest triumphs of modern residential architecture, check out Michael Moran's Photo Spread of the house, interior and exterior, in all seasons.
Truly an amazing place - and Johnson lived in it until his death.
UPDATE: via Ed Driscoll, a fascinating video look at Johnson and his famous house. By the way, Ed makes the excellent point that the Glass House owes a hell of a lot to Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House. He's right, and I'll be taking a look at that groundbreaker later on, as well.
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I’ve seen this before. One part of me finds it very cool, another part disturbing. As one who’s done a lot of camping I’m intrigued by the remarkable dichotomy of living in the great outdoors while actually enjoying all the comforts of indoor life. It also reminds me of a fishbowl, not a place for the paranoid. I suspect unless one spends time in this structure it’s difficult to appreciate its impact on the psyche. Probably a very different experience for different people.
It reminds just me just a bit of a house not too far from me in the Hollywood Hills designed by Pierre Koenig—the Stahl House, designated Case Study House # 22 by Arts and Architecture magazine, circa 1960.
On the lighter side wouldn’t Johnson’s House make an excellent dormitory for lingerie models?
Congrats on the new endeavor Bill.
Posted by: KZ | October 16, 2007 09:37 PM
The story behind this house is actually fascinating. The plans were drawn up by Mies van de Rohe for the Farnsworth house that is out in Plano, IL. According to the tour guide for the Farnsworth house, van de Rohe gave the plans to Johnson prior to building his own house, and Johnson used the plans to build his version.
We just returned from visiting Farnsworth, it would be interesting to compare it to the Glass House.
Posted by: Jim Durbin | October 17, 2007 06:06 AM
Jim, done.
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October 21, 2007 10:02 AM