INSIDE AND OUT

GLASS HOUSE , NEW CANAAN , USA

American architecture, is iconic because of its innovative use of materials and its seamless integration
into the landscape. Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, exalts, or stimulates
the persons in that space. Its symmetrical design and dark colors of the steel, it was a true manifestation
of his design philosophies – made personal and his own.
The conversion of light to heat; good design will maximise light exposure and penetration as well as heat
absorption and retention. Another way to maximise light transmission is a system of glazing known as
'ridge and furrow'. The interior of the glasshouse and especially the heat storage and collection surfaces
(thermal mass) need to be coloured dark for maximum efficiency . Light converts to heat when it is
absorbed by an object.
The Glass House stylistically is a mixture of Mies van der Rohe, Malevich, the Parthenon, the English
garden, the whole Romantic Movement, the asymmetry of the 19th century. In other words, all these
things are mixed up in it but basically it is the last of the modern, in the sense of the historic way we treat
modern architecture today, the simple cube. Its transparent design creates an almost non-existent
boundary for sunlight to penetrate through. It is arguably a well-lit house during any day from sun up to
sun down. Its accommodation of light makes it even more calming and serene as the abundance of light
creates a feeling of safety.
The transparency of its walls may well be a problem in terms of solar shading. The solution of Johnson to
this was highlighted through framing the house with trees. Trees are not only a visual aspect of the estate,
creating a vista and providing visual continuity from the house to the landscape surrounding it, they also
regulate the amount of light which can penetrate through the house. Its glass panels allow for good
daylighting.
The glass-walled structure of meticulous proportions and details. The shocking transparency of the house
is emphasized by the absence of interior walls and the ability to look within and out. The Glass House's
exterior walls are made of glass with no interior walls, a radical departure from houses of the time. Mid-
century modern The Glass House, National Trust for Historic Preservation/Architectural styles.
Johnson has fascinated and frustrated critics for over half a century. How to approach the curator who
heretically transformed the Modern Movement into a stylistic category by way of the famous exhibition
on the International Style
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Johnson was an influential architect with the buildings he designed, like the Glass House. But, his
influence in architecture was generated from his writer, critic, curator, and teacher roles, too. For
instance, Johnson founded an architecture department at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where
he coined the term International Style, and popularized modernism and postmodernism in America.
The Glass House was built to accommodate Johnson's lifestyle and it was very different than a
conventional American family home. Rather than a traditional nuclear family, it was in the middle of the
architecture network that Johnson built.
This house was a gathering place for artists, architects, and many other cultural figures. With the parties,
performances, and conversations that mingled creative giants and cultural trendsetters, the Glass House
was ''the most sustained salon that the United States has ever seen''.
Johnson's house was a simple, minimalist glass box inspired by Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House.
It was a showcase of the International Style, with features like radical simplicity, continuous space,
structural clarity, lack of ornamentation, use of industrial materials, the latest building technologies such
as radiant coils in the floor and ceiling for winter heating, and the largest panels of glass available at the
time.

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Each of the buildings and structures represents a radical idea or a shift in the design trends and theories
of 20th-century architecture. At the same time, the site is rich in historical references. Johnson’s love of
the ancient world and classical architecture is evident throughout the site. Everything was experimental;
he was building for himself but also working out solutions to problems for larger commissions. “Johnson
is enamored of the effects created by the manipulation of scale, form, and proportion, and this obsession
often results in quirky but beautiful forms.” the most effective materials, structural forms, methods, and
finishes during the construction process.

It has been called his "signature work".

The house is a deliberate transformation, rather than imitation, of Mies’s aesthetic

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