Before and after: Philip Johnson?s Glass House replaces its ceiling
Philip Johnson?s masterpiece replaces its ceiling Philip Johnson?s Glass House, built in 1949, is one of the most iconic works of architecture in the world. It?s a modernist masterpiece, instantly recognized by its sublime composition of glass, steel, furniture, art, and nature views. So you probably have never seen it like this.
Photo by Michael Biondo courtesy The Glass House
The Glass House, covered up for renovation?note the rather out-of-place temporary door.
The horror! What?s happening! Where?s the glass" The glorious transparency" As the sub-headline of this article indicates, the scene above is all thanks to a months-long project that would completely redo what?s probably the most overlooked, least photographed face of the Glass House?the ceiling. As it turns out, after some 68 years, the Glass House ceiling was sagging all over, with stains from roof leaks visible from one end to the other. Furthermore, the top coat was found to contain asbestos, and the damaged ceiling had begun to impede on two of the four doors in the house.
These problems all emerged when the Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, initiated a ceiling sag stabilization project in 2015. Since then, it?s raised $230,000 in funds?including grants from the Bank of America 2016 Art Conservation Project and the State of Connecticut?s Department of Economic and Community Development?which made it possible to finally replace th...
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