Photo of Philip Johnson's Glass House
Under Construction. Id like to learn more about this (subfloor?) construction.
No photos of Gutnayer with Johnson. Perhaps he went and saw this without his knowledge?
We'll never know... It is worth reading this POV, which I found looking for a reference image for this house. It articulates clearly the dilemmas we face with updating our house. Do we keep the kitchen enclosed? Add a green roof to the roof garden? Open up the space and create better access to the windows (which now are divided by a wall and a bookcase)? We feel if we keep the spirit of our 'rocket ranch house on stilts' alive, we are preserving the house. The exterior will not change much at all. The architect's plan is to clarify the architect's original spatial organization and keep it very apparent in the re-design. But we will be moving elements around and simplifying the palette, which the architect seemed to have built with a combination of materials left over from other jobs. Preservation benefits will likely not be ours since we plan to update and improve the house based on its original design.
Name that project:
this project seems as if it was photographed at the same time as the glass house.
Is it another building on the same site? Anyone know what it is?
(update 12/02/09: I am pretty sure this is Johnson's other project
in New Canaan, CT, where his Glass House is: it is called the Wiley Speculative House.)
this project seems as if it was photographed at the same time as the glass house.
Is it another building on the same site? Anyone know what it is?
(update 12/02/09: I am pretty sure this is Johnson's other project
in New Canaan, CT, where his Glass House is: it is called the Wiley Speculative House.)
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