1940's Fashion | "The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut"

Architectural designs

By: Philip Johnson

Date: 1949

Source: Johnson, Philip. "The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut." 1949. Reprinted in Writings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.

About the Architect: Philip Johnson (1906–) is a leading American architect and critic. He was already one of the most influential writers and curators on modern architecture, when he went back to school to become an architect. His notable collaboration with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe led to the construction of the Seagram Building skyscraper in New York (1958). In his later architectural work, he is credited with the invention of postmodernism, which consisted of an eclectic mix of modernism and other styles from the whole history of architecture.

Introduction

Philip Johnson made every effort to publicize the fact that his Glass House at New Canaan, Connecticut, was...