The Glass House In New Canaan Open For Outdoor Visits

Press release from The Glass House:

April 21, 2021

The Glass House is now open as an outdoor-only experience. The 49-acre grounds will be open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday between the hours of 10:00am - 4:00pm. Grounds passes are available now for April, May and June. Advance reservations are required. Passes for the remainder of the season will be released at a later date. Children of all ages are welcome + admission is free for children under seven. We look forward to seeing you!

Glass House Presents
Enclaves of Modernism: Houses from Chicago to New Canaan
Monday, April 19, 2021, 7:00pm
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Join architectural historian, educator, and preservationist Michelangelo Sabatino for a presentation of his newly published book Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses, 1929-1975 (co-authored with Susan Benjamin) followed by a conversation moderated by architectural historian, educator, and curator Barry Bergdoll with the participation of local architect and author William D. Earls, architectural historian Susan Benjamin, and and Glass House chief curator Hilary Lewis.

AIANY CRAN Resarch Lab: The Mycelium Project
Workshop One: Forms and Forces
April 14, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Workshop Two: Building and Assembling
June 2, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
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The AIANY Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) is looking to the next frontier of environmentally-sensitive custom residential architecture: the decarbonization of structural and non-structural building components. Mycelia, the thread-like structures (hyphae) in fungi, are an innovate building material with exceptional qualities that allow it to stack, span, and hang, actions commonly found in residential work. ResArch Lab: The Mycelium Project (Workshops One and Two) is a follow up to CRAN’s introduction to mycelium case studies, which explored experimentation with mycelium in the context of residential architecture. Attendees were introduced to mycelium’s material properties, historical precedents, structural actions, and how the material can be explained through computational design.

ARTalk - A Lifetime in Art
Sunday, April 25, 2021, 2:00pm
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Hilary Lewis, Chief Curator and Creative Director of the Glass House, will talk about how Philip Johnson professionally engaged in art and architecture for nearly 75 years, beginning with his first position as the initial director of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art and leading up to his prominent role in architecture worldwide. This program is presented by the Ridgefield Library.

Glass House Presents
Robert Hobbs on Frank Stella
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 6:00pm
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On the occasion of the exhibition Frank Stella’s Stars, on view at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, join art historian Robert Hobbs for a talk about Stella’s artistic development and his place in art history by examining the artist’s works from the Aldrich exhibition and the collection of The Glass House.

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