Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Original Glass House



Designed 1945-48
Completed 1949
Glass and Painted - Steel
Location: New Canna, Connecticut, US Style: Modernism
1,728 sq. ft.



The Glass house is the best understood as a pavilion for viewing the surrounding landscape.
Although today the Glass House arrangements seem typical of open houses, it was highly unusual in 1949.