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There are houses that protect you from the world, and then there is the Glass House. Sitting quietly on a sprawling 49-acre estate in New Canaan, Connecticut, Philip Johnson’s masterpiece doesn’t just blur the line between inside and outside—it erases it entirely.
Completed in 1949, this 56-foot-by-32-foot rectangular box of steel, glass, and brick doesn’t look like a home in the traditional sense. It looks like a pavilion. Or a modern art gallery. Or perhaps a very chic terrarium for humans. The Glass House
Interestingly, the house is nearly a perfect square. The geometry is so strict that it feels mathematical, yet the reflection of the trees on the glass makes it feel organic. It is rigid and fluid at the same time. If the main house is about exposure, the property includes a fascinating contradiction: the Brick House (also known as the guest house). Built at the same time, it is a windowless, dark, cylindrical structure buried in a hill. Johnson called it the "downstairs." There are houses that protect you from the
Imagine waking up. There is no curtain to pull back, no blind to raise. You simply open your eyes to the frost on the grass, the changing leaves, or the drifting snow. The architecture forces you to be present. It forces you to live in dialogue with the weather, the light, and the seasons. The Glass House was Johnson’s personal residence for 58 years, until his death in 2005. But it was also his laboratory. He famously referred to it as his "50-year folly," a place to experiment with the principles of the International Style he had championed at MoMA. It looks like a pavilion
But to walk through the Glass House (metaphorically, since you can't walk through the walls) is to understand a radical idea: The Original Open Floor Plan Long before "open concept" became a buzzword on HGTV, Johnson was living in one giant room. There are no interior walls in the main house. The sleeping area, living room, dining space, and study all flow into one another, separated only by a single brick cylinder (which houses the bathroom—the only private space in the house).