dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-01-NEW.jpg
The Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by the architect between 1945 and 1948 and was completed in 1949. Johnson, who lived in the home until his death in 2005, transformed the 49-acre property into a showcase for art and design.
dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-02-NEW.jpg
The house was intended as half of a total composition, its counterpart being Johnson’s Brick House, which stands just yards away.
dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-03-NEW.jpg
Also nearby is Johnson’s Ghost House, a chain-link structure built in 1984.
dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-04-NEW.jpg
Johnson’s Da Monsta, which recalls the work of Frank Gehry and Peter Eisenman, was completed in 1995.
dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-06-NEW.jpg
A closer view of the lakeside pavillion.
dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-05-NEW.jpg
Johnson’s lakeside pavillion was built in 1965 and pays ode to the tradition of garden follies.
dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-07-NEW.jpg
The property’s painting gallery, completed in 1965, is an underground structure inspired by the Treasury of Atreus in Mycenae, Greece.
dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-08-NEW.jpg
Johnson referred to his library/study structure, which was built in 1980, as an “event” on the landscape.
dam-images-daily-2015-03-glass-house-under-the-snow-glass-house-under-snow-09-NEW.jpg
The Philip Johnson Glass House is open for tours from May 1 through November 30. theglasshouserg
