The Glass House

The following text is a sidebar to "Modern and Historic," September-October 2007. The Glass House New Canaan, Connecticut...

The following text is a sidebar to "Modern and Historic," September-October 2007.

The Glass House

New Canaan, Connecticut
www.philipjohnsonglasshouse.org
203.966.8167; 866.811.4111

Visitors to the Glass House and its attendant rolling lawns have two options for guided tours: a $25 90-minute visit, or a $40 two-hour foray that allows more time to linger, sketch, and take photographs. All trips include stops at the Glass House itself, the Brick (guest) House, a glass-roofed sculpture gallery, paintings that are located in an earth berm resembling a classical tomb, and the wavy, geometric structure known as Da Monsta, Johnson’s on-site visitor’s center inspired by the work of artist and architect Frank Stella. Along the way, visitors can spot artwork by Johnson and his famous friends and take in the lovely vistas from this 47-acre wonderland of modernism. (It’s best to take the train to New Canaan, as parking is tight downtown and there is none at the Johnson site itself; a shuttle leaves from a visitors’ center across from the train station.)

Courtesy of Paul Warchol / The Glass House

Most popular

How MAGA Went Mainstream at Harvard

Trump, TikTok, and the pandemic are reshaping Gen Z politics.

Harvard art historian Jennifer Roberts teaches the value of immersive attention

Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention

Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival

Without Christopher Marlowe, there might not have been a Bard.

Explore More From Current Issue

Renaissance portrait of young man thought to be Christoper Marlowe with light beard, wearing ornate black coat with gold buttons and red patterns.

Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival

Without Christopher Marlowe, there might not have been a Bard.

John Goldberg

Harvard in the News

University layoffs, professors in court, and a new Law School dean

People sit in lawn chairs near a rustic barn at Cider Garden in New Salem on a sunny day.

CiderDays Festival Celebrates All Things Apple

Visiting small-batch cideries and orchards in Massachusetts