Designed by John Burgee and Philip Johnson and completed in 1975, the trapezoidal twin-tower office complex is one of the most important—and imitated—high-rise projects of its era.
‘Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House’ lands at the Glass House to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the landmark New Canaan, Connecticut, residence and its recently restored brick guest cottage.
Closed for 15-years due to disrepair and water damage, this integral component of the architect’s Connecticut compound will reopen for the landmark property’s 75th anniversary in April 2024.
Architects, designers, and scholars have demanded that MoMA remove Philip Johnson’s name from the New York City institution in response to the late architect’s “white supremacist views and activities.”
A major restoration by ARO with George Sexton Associates and Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects opened last fall. The chapel celebrated its 50th anniversary on February 26–28, 2021.
The Glass House is polka-dotted no more, as Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s month-long installation, Dots Obsession – Alive, Seeking for Eternal Hope, at the New Canaan landmark has drawn to a close.