Those Who Live In Glass Houses
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Mark your calendar and order your tickets early for this ever popular event.
The Philip Johnson Glass House announces that tickets for the 2009 season will go on sale Tuesday, September 23rd @ 9AM.
Tickets are $30 for 90-minute tours and $45 for 2-hour tours and will be available first-come, first-served.
Johnson designed some of America's greatest modern architectural landmarks. Most notable is his private residence, the Glass House, a 47-acre property in New Canaan. Other works include: the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at The Museum of Modern Art, numerous homes, New York's AT&T Building (now Sony Plaza), Houston's Transco (now Williams) Tower and Pennzoil Place, the Fort Worth Water Garden, and the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.
Johnson was also a singular tastemaker, influencing architecture, art, and design during the second-half of the twentieth century. He referred to the Glass House site as his "fifty-year diary."
For additional information about the house visit philipjohnsonglasshouse.org
The Philip Johnson Glass House announces that tickets for the 2009 season will go on sale Tuesday, September 23rd @ 9AM.
Tickets are $30 for 90-minute tours and $45 for 2-hour tours and will be available first-come, first-served.
Johnson designed some of America's greatest modern architectural landmarks. Most notable is his private residence, the Glass House, a 47-acre property in New Canaan. Other works include: the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at The Museum of Modern Art, numerous homes, New York's AT&T Building (now Sony Plaza), Houston's Transco (now Williams) Tower and Pennzoil Place, the Fort Worth Water Garden, and the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.
Johnson was also a singular tastemaker, influencing architecture, art, and design during the second-half of the twentieth century. He referred to the Glass House site as his "fifty-year diary."
For additional information about the house visit philipjohnsonglasshouse.org
