Philip Johnson's Glass House
Philip Johnson's Glass House was a remarkable achievement when it was completed in 1949. Inspired by Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House (Ill.), its exterior walls are of glass with no interior walls, a radical departure from houses of the time. It began a fifty-year odyssey of architectural experimentation in forms, materials, and ideas through the addition of many new "pavilions"—Guest House, Lake Pavilion, Painting Gallery, Sculpture Gallery, Ghost House, Studio, and Visitors Pavilion—and the methodical sculpting of the surrounding forty-acre landscape.
Tours for 2008 are sold out.
Regional Events
Impressionist Giverny: Americans Painters in France, 1885–1915,
05/03/08
Lyme,
Connecticut
The Florence Griswold Museum is the first venue for "Impressionist Giverny: Americans Painters in France, 1885–1915", an exhibition of over fifty works organized by the Musée d’Art Américain, Giverny and drawn from the collections of the Terra Foundation for American Art. The exhibition tells the story of the expatriate colony founded by American artists in the village of Impressionist master Claude Monet.
Kykuit Opens for the Season,
05/10/08
Tarrytown,
New York
With a new, streamlined tour menu, Kykuit, the estate that served as home to four generations of Rockefellers, opens to visitors for the season on Saturday, May 10. The estate includes a six-story stone house, expansive terraced gardens, art galleries, outdoor sculpture, commanding Hudson River views, and much more.
Kykuit Closes for the Season,
11/02/08
Tarrytown,
New York
Kykuit, the estate that served as home to four generations of Rockefellers, closes to visitors for the season on Saturday, May 10. The estate includes a six-story stone house, expansive terraced gardens, art galleries, outdoor sculpture, commanding Hudson River views, and much more.
Regional Sites
101 Spring Street, New York, New York, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
African Meeting House, Nantucket , Massachusetts, National Trust Historic Sites
African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School, Boston, Massachusetts, National Trust Historic Sites
Alice Austen House, Staten Island, New York, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Cedar Grove, The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, New York, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Charles Demuth House & Garden Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Historic Artist Homes & Studios, National Trust Historic Sites
Cliveden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Community Revitalization, National Trust Historic Sites
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Fonthill Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio, Lenox, Massachusetts, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Kykuit, Tarrytown, New York, National Trust Historic Sites
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York, National Trust Historic Sites
Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York, National Trust Historic Sites
Manitoga: The Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison, New York, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
N.C. Wyeth House and Studio, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Newsday Center for Dove/Torr Studies, Centerport, New York, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, New York, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, New York, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire, Historic Artist Homes & Studios
