Glass House, (New Cannan, CT); 1949-Present; Modernist
Glass House(Connecticut)- Modern Creator of one of the first International Style of residential building, Philip Johnson was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1906. He began his professional career as the director of the architectural department at the MoMA in New York City. In the same year Hitchcock and he collabed to write “The International Style” (1931). Johnson decided to change to a more hands on approach, and returned to Hartford's design school. Johnson was mentored by Mies van der Rohe using his style to create his first works, like the Glass House, and even designing the Seagram Building with Mies. As the new styles of architecture changed, so did his style. In the 1960s he took on a more historical motif, or decorative Classism, which became more known as the post modernism. As the deconstructivist style grew Johnson took on the style as well. Mies’ rules greatly influenced Johnson to break from the internati...