A slow euphoria rises through any given visitor of The Glass House as they wander through the residence-turned-campus of the influential 20th-century architect, Philip Johnson. Surprises come in waves ...

Philip Johnson (1906 – 2005) was born and raised during a time when modernist architecture arose and developed. Johnson grew up to be a modernist architect himself, whose career spanned over ...

Our expert guide on modern architecture explains all about the history, key aesthetic characteristics, and leading architects ...

A few years before Philip Johnson designed the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, the modernist architect built the Booth House in Bedford, New York. Completed in 1946, it was Johnson’s ...

As it did during Philip Johnson’s lifetime, the Glass House—that icon of mid-century modernism—continues to explore the relationship between architecture, landscape, and art. Last year, with Veil, for ...