The Philip Johnson Glass House : an architect in the garden /

The Philip Johnson Glass House : an architect in the garden /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cassidy-Geiger, Maureen, author.
Imprint:	New York : SkiraRizzoli, [2016]
Description:	220 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Johnson, Philip, -- 1906-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation. Johnson, Philip, -- 1906-2005. Glass House (New Canaan, Conn.) Glass House (New Canaan, Conn.) Architect-designed houses -- Connecticut -- New Canaan. International style (Architecture) -- Connecticut -- New Canaan. Architect-designed houses. International style (Architecture) Connecticut -- New Canaan. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10750392

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ISBN:	9780847848362 0847848361
Notes:	Includes index.
Summary:	From its completion in 1949 to the present day, Philip Johnson'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 property - an architectural playground on forty-seven acres with eleven Johnsonian follies dating from 1949 to 1995 - 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 designs-the result of a unique synthesis of influences and ideas from across history and geography. New research reveals Johnson's and Whitney'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 House- beautifully illustrated with vintage and commissioned photography-will be a must-have for connoisseurs of architecture, landscape design, photography, and social history.

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Summary:	The Philip Johnson Glass House is the much-anticipated story of one of the world's best-known modernist architectural gems, its landscape setting, and surrounding follies and sculpture.<br> <br> <br> <br> This book is the only complete story of the evolution of the landscape and building designs of Philip Johnson's Glass House complex in New Canaan, Connecticut. The partnership between Johnson (1906-2005) and David Whitney (1939-2005) in their over half-century of gardening and landscaping resulted in the sublime setting for Glass House and the site's other structures. Beautifully illustrated with vintage and commissioned photography, it will be a must-have for connoisseurs of architecture, landscape design, photography, and social history.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	220 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 26 cm
ISBN:	9780847848362 0847848361