Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut was built in 1949 and stands as one of the most famous icons of Modernism in architecture. The Glass House itself is just one of many buildings on a sprawling plot of land- in a sense it is the living room of an outdoor house. Since the Glass House itself had an overwhelming amount of visual distraction for Johnson he would often escape to the cleverly named and constructed Brick House, a dark, private and plush play pen. His study has no windows: just a skylight and books. The bunker of his painting collection is a temple to Frank Stella and Andy Warhol. The Sculpture collection is housed in brick, glass and white walls inspired by Greek sea side villages.
If you could pick a building for each type of activity you do at home or in life, rather than just a room, what would each one look like?
February 01, 2009, 4:03pm
