The Glass House
or Johnson house
, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential project for Johnson and his associate Richard Foster, and for modern architecture. The building is an essay in minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection.
The house is mostly hidden from the public view. It is located behind a stone wall at the edge of a crest in Johnson’s estate overlooking a pond. It is one of eleven buildings that Johnson either built or refined on his rambling 47-acre estate. The exterior sides are glass and charcoal-painted steel; the brick floor is about 10 inches above the ground. The interior is open with the space divided by low walnut cabinets; a brick cylinder contains the bathroom and is the only object to reach floor to ceiling. The house builds on ideas of German architects from the 1920s ("Glasarchitektur"). In a house of glass, the views of the landscape are its real “walls”. The house is often compared to Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
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GLASS HOUSE TICKETS
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| Sleeping Giant Tickets 6/19 | Jun 19, 2026
Fri, 7:00 PM |  | | Sleeping Giant Tickets 6/20 | Jun 20, 2026
Sat, 7:00 PM | | | Spite Tickets 6/27 | Jun 27, 2026
Sat, 7:00 PM | | | Corrosion of Conformity Tickets 7/12 | Jul 12, 2026
Sun, 7:30 PM | | | The Word Alive Tickets 7/17 | Jul 17, 2026
Fri, 6:00 PM | |
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