The Philip Johnson Glass House: An Architect in the Garden

The Philip Johnson Glass House: An Architect in the Garden

The first authoritative book on the history of the Glass House propertyâ€”Philip Johnsonâ€™s fifty-year project of iconic modernist design, encompassing the remarkable buildings, landscape, and follies. From its completion in 1949 to the present day, Philip Johnsonâ€™s Glass House has drawn cognoscenti and the curious from around the world to New Canaan, Connecticut, to experience what might be the most photographed modernist residence in America. The propertyâ€”an architectural playground on forty-seven acres with eleven Johnsonian follies dating from 1949 to 1995â€”is an icon of twentieth-century architectural and landscape design. The book chronicles how Philip Johnson and David Whitney, the architect and the plantsman, lived on the property for decades and used the landscape as an ever-changing canvas for their designsâ€”the result of a unique synthesis of influences and ideas from across history and geography. New research reveals Johnsonâ€™s and Whitneyâ€™s interaction with the landscape and the evolution of the site from a five-acre parcel to a world-renowned gentlemanly estate for modern times. The Philip Johnson Glass Houseâ€”beautifully illustrated with vintage and commissioned photographyâ€”will be a must-have for connoisseurs of architecture, landscape design, photography, and social history.
Country USA
Brand Rizzoli
Manufacturer Skira Rizzoli
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 200 colour and black and white illustrat
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-04-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780847848362

Country	USA
Brand	Rizzoli
Manufacturer	Skira Rizzoli
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	200 colour and black and white illustrat
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-04-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780847848362

The Philip Johnson Glass House: An Architect in the Garden

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