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PHILIP JOHNSON
An icon of modern architecture: the Glass House
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House (1949) 2
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1949. It has profoundly influenced the U.S.A architecture of the 2nd post-war, probably more than any other building by the American architect. 3
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Connecticut (1949) 4
J
P. JOHNSON
Today is widely considered by the art historians to be a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important, influential project both for Johnson himself and for the evolution of modern architecture. The building can be considered as an “essay” in minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection. 5
J
“Philip Johnson, one of the early advocates of the Modern Movement in the United States and one of the first architects to point to its shortcomings in the fifties, designed, in his own Glass House, one of the world’s most beautiful houses; it was never envisioned as a “home” (house) to live in but a life-style stage to live with. Ostensibly entirely in l’esprit nouveau of the Modern Movement, it was a building really expressing many concerns of classic design, from the elevated placement of an object in a space, to its serene proportion, general overall symmetry, and combining of a balance of elements with a meticulous refinement of detail....” Paul Heyer
6
J
P. JOHNSON
“...a building really expressing many concerns of classic design, from the elevated placement of an object in a space, to its serene proportion, general overall symmetry, and combining of a balance of elements with a meticulous refinement of detail...” 7
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” is an example of one of the earliest uses of industrial materials like glass and steel in home design. Johnson lived here for 58 years, and since 1960 with his longtime companion, David Whitney, an art critic and curator who helped designing the landscaping and largely collected the art displayed there. 8
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” is located behind a stone wall at the edge of a crest in Johnson’s estate overlooking a pond. The building is 56 feet (17 m) long and 32 feet (9.8 m) wide. The exterior sides of the Glass House are charcoalpainted steel and glass. The brick floor is about 10 inches above the ground. 9
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, plans 10
J
P. JOHNSON
56 feet (17 m)
32 feet (9.8 m)
The Glass House, floor plan
11
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, 3d rendering 12
J 13
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” builds on ideas of German architects from the 1920s (“Glasarchitektur”): a house of glass with landscapes views as “walls”. Johnson was deeply influenced by the architecture style of his “master” Mies van der Rohe, in particular by his famous Farnsworth House, though, this latter one was completed a few months later... 14
J
VAN DER ROHE
Farnsworth House (1951)
PHILIP JOHNSON
15
The Glass House (1949)
J
“The serene Glass House is generally considered one of the 20th century’s greatest residential structures. Like all of Mr. Johnson’s early work, it was inspired by Mies van der Rohe, but its pure symmetry, dark colors and closeness to the earth marked it as a personal statement: calm and ordered rather than sleek and brittle...” Paul Goldberger
16
Farnsworth House (1951)
J
...it was inspired by Mies van der Rohe, but its pure symmetry, dark colors and closeness to the earth marked it as a personal statement: calm and ordered rather than sleek and brittle...
17
The Glass House (1949)
J
P. JOHNSON
The landscape surrounding the Glass House Estate was carefully designed by Johnson and Whitney, with manicured areas of gravel or grass, and with a lot of care taken in the shape of the slopes and curves of the ground. A way to harmonize the buildings with the natural surroundings. 18
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Art and Nature 19
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Art and Nature 20
J
P. JOHNSON
The landscape design was meant to reflect a painting of a landscape most loved by Johnson: “Burial of Phocion” by Nicolas Poussin (1648). This in fact was placed in the midst of the seating area of the Glass House and today can still be seen. Johnson, Whitney and their guests in this way could see and admire the similar views of the picture and of the landscape. Art & Reality “as one”. 21
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House (1949) 22
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, “Burial of Phocion” by N. Poussin 23
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Art & Reality as one 24
J
P. JOHNSON
Art & Nature as one 25
J
P. JOHNSON
Art & Nature as one, Art & Reality as one 26
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” rambling estate, originally 47-acre (190,000 m2), today includes 13 Modernist structures that Johnson built over 40 years, including: the “Brick House” (1949–1950), which served as a guest house, the Lake Pavilion (1962), the Painting Gallery (1965), the Sculpture Gallery (1970), the Study (1980), the Ghost house (1982) and “Da Monsta” (1995). 27
J
P. JOHNSON
The Brick House (1950) 28
J
P. JOHNSON
The Brick House (1950) 29
J
P. JOHNSON
The Brick House, interior 30
J
P. JOHNSON
The Brick House, interior 31
J
P. JOHNSON
The Painting Gallery (1965) 32
J
P. JOHNSON
The Painting Gallery, interior 33
J
P. JOHNSON
The Painting Gallery, interior 34
J
P. JOHNSON
The Painting Gallery, interior 35
J
P. JOHNSON
The Sculpture Gallery (1970)
36
J
P. JOHNSON
The Sculpture Gallery, interior 37
J
P. JOHNSON
The Sculpture Gallery, interior 38
J
P. JOHNSON
The Sculpture Gallery, exterior 39
J
P. JOHNSON
The Study (1980) 40
J
P. JOHNSON
The Study, interior detail 41
J
P. JOHNSON
The building structures vary between rectangular and circular shapes. The “rectangularity” of the Glass House itself is complemented with a circular brick fireplace. The Brick House, also rectangular, faces the Glass House, but a nearby concrete, circular sculpture (by Donald Judd) and small circular pools “soften” the rectangular effect. Other structures and objects that can be found throughout the estate are arranged to show patterns/repetitions of curves and angles. In this approach Johnson showed his deep relation with the architecture of the past: Classic and Roman architecture. 42
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” can be considered as an extraordinary example of residential complex through which it is possible to perceive the evolution of Philip Johnson’s architecture style and, at the same time, the evolution of American Modern Architecture: from Modernism to Post-modernism. 43
J
P. JOHNSON
“Da Monsta” (1995) 44
J
P. JOHNSON
“Da Monsta”, exterior 45
J
P. JOHNSON
“Da Monsta”, interior 46
J
P. JOHNSON
Glass House, plan of the estate 47
J
P. JOHNSON
Glass House, plan of the estate 48
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
49
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
50
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
51
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
52
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
53
J
P. JOHNSON
From Modernism to Post-modernism 54
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Connecticut (1949) 55
PHILIP JOHNSON
An icon of modern architecture: the Glass House
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House (1949) 2
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1949. It has profoundly influenced the U.S.A architecture of the 2nd post-war, probably more than any other building by the American architect. 3
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Connecticut (1949) 4
J
P. JOHNSON
Today is widely considered by the art historians to be a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important, influential project both for Johnson himself and for the evolution of modern architecture. The building can be considered as an “essay” in minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection. 5
J
“Philip Johnson, one of the early advocates of the Modern Movement in the United States and one of the first architects to point to its shortcomings in the fifties, designed, in his own Glass House, one of the world’s most beautiful houses; it was never envisioned as a “home” (house) to live in but a life-style stage to live with. Ostensibly entirely in l’esprit nouveau of the Modern Movement, it was a building really expressing many concerns of classic design, from the elevated placement of an object in a space, to its serene proportion, general overall symmetry, and combining of a balance of elements with a meticulous refinement of detail....” Paul Heyer
6
J
P. JOHNSON
“...a building really expressing many concerns of classic design, from the elevated placement of an object in a space, to its serene proportion, general overall symmetry, and combining of a balance of elements with a meticulous refinement of detail...” 7
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” is an example of one of the earliest uses of industrial materials like glass and steel in home design. Johnson lived here for 58 years, and since 1960 with his longtime companion, David Whitney, an art critic and curator who helped designing the landscaping and largely collected the art displayed there. 8
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” is located behind a stone wall at the edge of a crest in Johnson’s estate overlooking a pond. The building is 56 feet (17 m) long and 32 feet (9.8 m) wide. The exterior sides of the Glass House are charcoalpainted steel and glass. The brick floor is about 10 inches above the ground. 9
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, plans 10
J
P. JOHNSON
56 feet (17 m)
32 feet (9.8 m)
The Glass House, floor plan
11
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, 3d rendering 12
J 13
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” builds on ideas of German architects from the 1920s (“Glasarchitektur”): a house of glass with landscapes views as “walls”. Johnson was deeply influenced by the architecture style of his “master” Mies van der Rohe, in particular by his famous Farnsworth House, though, this latter one was completed a few months later... 14
J
VAN DER ROHE
Farnsworth House (1951)
PHILIP JOHNSON
15
The Glass House (1949)
J
“The serene Glass House is generally considered one of the 20th century’s greatest residential structures. Like all of Mr. Johnson’s early work, it was inspired by Mies van der Rohe, but its pure symmetry, dark colors and closeness to the earth marked it as a personal statement: calm and ordered rather than sleek and brittle...” Paul Goldberger
16
Farnsworth House (1951)
J
...it was inspired by Mies van der Rohe, but its pure symmetry, dark colors and closeness to the earth marked it as a personal statement: calm and ordered rather than sleek and brittle...
17
The Glass House (1949)
J
P. JOHNSON
The landscape surrounding the Glass House Estate was carefully designed by Johnson and Whitney, with manicured areas of gravel or grass, and with a lot of care taken in the shape of the slopes and curves of the ground. A way to harmonize the buildings with the natural surroundings. 18
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Art and Nature 19
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Art and Nature 20
J
P. JOHNSON
The landscape design was meant to reflect a painting of a landscape most loved by Johnson: “Burial of Phocion” by Nicolas Poussin (1648). This in fact was placed in the midst of the seating area of the Glass House and today can still be seen. Johnson, Whitney and their guests in this way could see and admire the similar views of the picture and of the landscape. Art & Reality “as one”. 21
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House (1949) 22
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, “Burial of Phocion” by N. Poussin 23
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Art & Reality as one 24
J
P. JOHNSON
Art & Nature as one 25
J
P. JOHNSON
Art & Nature as one, Art & Reality as one 26
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” rambling estate, originally 47-acre (190,000 m2), today includes 13 Modernist structures that Johnson built over 40 years, including: the “Brick House” (1949–1950), which served as a guest house, the Lake Pavilion (1962), the Painting Gallery (1965), the Sculpture Gallery (1970), the Study (1980), the Ghost house (1982) and “Da Monsta” (1995). 27
J
P. JOHNSON
The Brick House (1950) 28
J
P. JOHNSON
The Brick House (1950) 29
J
P. JOHNSON
The Brick House, interior 30
J
P. JOHNSON
The Brick House, interior 31
J
P. JOHNSON
The Painting Gallery (1965) 32
J
P. JOHNSON
The Painting Gallery, interior 33
J
P. JOHNSON
The Painting Gallery, interior 34
J
P. JOHNSON
The Painting Gallery, interior 35
J
P. JOHNSON
The Sculpture Gallery (1970)
36
J
P. JOHNSON
The Sculpture Gallery, interior 37
J
P. JOHNSON
The Sculpture Gallery, interior 38
J
P. JOHNSON
The Sculpture Gallery, exterior 39
J
P. JOHNSON
The Study (1980) 40
J
P. JOHNSON
The Study, interior detail 41
J
P. JOHNSON
The building structures vary between rectangular and circular shapes. The “rectangularity” of the Glass House itself is complemented with a circular brick fireplace. The Brick House, also rectangular, faces the Glass House, but a nearby concrete, circular sculpture (by Donald Judd) and small circular pools “soften” the rectangular effect. Other structures and objects that can be found throughout the estate are arranged to show patterns/repetitions of curves and angles. In this approach Johnson showed his deep relation with the architecture of the past: Classic and Roman architecture. 42
J
P. JOHNSON
The “Glass House” can be considered as an extraordinary example of residential complex through which it is possible to perceive the evolution of Philip Johnson’s architecture style and, at the same time, the evolution of American Modern Architecture: from Modernism to Post-modernism. 43
J
P. JOHNSON
“Da Monsta” (1995) 44
J
P. JOHNSON
“Da Monsta”, exterior 45
J
P. JOHNSON
“Da Monsta”, interior 46
J
P. JOHNSON
Glass House, plan of the estate 47
J
P. JOHNSON
Glass House, plan of the estate 48
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
49
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
50
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
51
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
52
J
Glass House estate (1949-1995)
53
J
P. JOHNSON
From Modernism to Post-modernism 54
J
P. JOHNSON
The Glass House, Connecticut (1949) 55
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