{"id":7735,"date":"2018-05-20T14:14:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T18:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/?p=7735"},"modified":"2018-05-20T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T18:14:33","slug":"new-yorknew-canaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/new-yorknew-canaan\/","title":{"rendered":"New York\/Glass House"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I toured the Philip Johnson Glass House with Cooper Union alumni. It rained the entire time we were there, but the atmosphere was beautiful, drenched in the vibrant green of early Spring. In the various structures on the estate, one can trace Johnson’s chameleon-like career, morphing from one architectural style to another.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

The Glass House itself, of course, is Johnson’s homage to Mies van der Rohe — which I have seen photographs of many times. What was most surprising to me was the landscape surrounding it. How the house sits on a plateau overlooking carefully orchestrated views, perhaps reminiscent of Olmsted’s urban pastorales, Central Park or Prospect Park.<\/p>\n

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\nGlass House grounds — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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\nGlass House grounds — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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\nSculpture Gallery — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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\nBrick House — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

No doubt intended by Johnson, the Glass House is not simply “the house,” but the integration of the structures with the landscape. Inside and outside are blurred, and each of the separate buildings, or follies, have different purposes or play different symbolic roles.<\/p>\n

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\nGlass House — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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\nStudio — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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\nDa Monsta with tour group — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

We ended the tour at Da Monsta, Johnson’s last structure on the site. It is expressive of the non-rectilinear design of architects like Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind — deconstructivism — and Johnson, as always, followed others, and championed their work. That is his greatest legacy. He used his money, charm, and intelligence to elevate the place of modern architecture in our culture.<\/p>\n

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\nDa Monsta — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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\nBrick wall — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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