Nakamura, Toshio 1929- Moran, Michael (Michael Thomas) 1951- text nyu 2007 Trade ed. monographic eng

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1 v. (unpaged, some folded) ill. ;col. ;plans. ; 34 cm. The Glass House, designed by celebrated architect Philip Johnson as a personal retreat, is an icon of modern architecture. A crystalline box set in a serene New England landscape, the house is now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which will open it to visitors in April 2007. Johnson used his property near New Canaan, Connecticut, as an architectural laboratory, adding nine additional structures over a forty-year period. Among them are the Ghost House, a chain-link tribute to Frank Gehry, and the witty, bright red Gate House. Glass House is a unique presentation of the Glass House complex in words and photographs. Compiled by eminent critic Toshio Nakamura under the sponsorship of YKK AP Inc., the volume features a specially commissioned suite of photographs, taken throughout the four seasons, by renowned architectural photographer Michael Moran, including cross-processed images and images taken with infrared film. The deluxe graphic presentation, with distinctive paper stocks and foldout pages reproducing Johnson's original drawings, was conceived by designer Michael Rock of 2x4. sponsor, Tadahiro Yoshida ; editor, Toshio Nakamura ; photographer, Michael Moran ; designer, 2x4 ; foreword, Christy Maclear. Johnson, Philip 1906-2005 Homes and haunts Connecticut New Canaan Glass House (New Canaan, Conn.) Architect-designed houses Connecticut New Canaan International style (Architecture) Connecticut New Canaan New Canaan (Conn.) Buildings, structures, etc NA7238.N36 G53 2007 728.09746 9781580931861 1580931863 2006937787 pucpr 022311 20220518133338.0 eng