Mies van der Rohe''s 1941-45 Farnsworth House Garden and
Philip Johnson''s 1947 Glass House in New Caanan, CT are two haikus
of glass and concrete that rewrote the history of modern
residential architecture. These two masterpieces have inspired
nearly 90 creations for an exclusive project with the National
Historic Preservation Trust, collected here in Modern Views. Much
ink has already been spilled on the subject by critics and
historians intent on deconstructing our notions of domesticity;
however, these two masterpieces have also taken on lives of their
own in the minds of countless artists, architects, and designers.
They have inspired nearly 90 creations for an exclusive project
with the National Historic Preservation Trust, collected here in
Modern Views. Featuring a foreword by Christy MacLear, executive
director of the Philip Johnson Glass House, an introduction by
critic Paul Goldberger, and an essay by preservationist Phyllis
Lambert and historian Sylvia Lavin; with contributions from David
Adjaye, Tadao Ando, Michael Beirut, Mattia Bonetti, Peter Eisenman,
Norman Foster, Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid, Maira Kalman, Annie
Leibowitz, Daniel Libeskind, Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, Cesar
Pelli, Richard Rogers, James Rosenquist, David Salle, Frank Stella,
and Rafael Vi?oly, among others.