The Glass House
Resting virtually invisible from Ponus Ridge Road is the home of Philip Johnson, the Glass House. Philip Johnson started the schematic design for the Glass House sometime in 1945 and…
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A 40-story castle made of glass, specifically 19,750 pieces of glass, can be found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Regarded by many as the “crown jewel in Pittsburgh’s skyline”, One PPG Place…
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Set back 90 feet from Park Avenue rests a bronze skinned architectural landmark, the Seagram Building. The entire building site is located at 375 Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd…
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Standing tall in uptown Houston is the fourth tallest building in Texas, the Williams Tower. Williams Tower, or formerly Transco Tower, rests outside of Houston’s central business district at 901…
Read more1964 New York World’s Fair
Once home to the largest World’s Fair in 1939, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York hosted the fair again in 1964. The 64’ World’s Fair ran from April 22…
Read morePennzoil Place
Depending on where you’re standing, Pennzoil Place’s appearance may change so much that it may seem like an entirely different building. To truly understand Pennzoil’s geometry you’d have to have…
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The AT&T Building, or otherwise known as the Sony Tower, rests in Midtown Manhattan and is considered an easily recognizable landmark of New York City as well as a controversial…
Read moreArchitect Buildings- Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson wasn’t a recognizable figure due to his thick black round-framed glasses, but because of his major contributions to American architecture. Johnson’s career spanned decades because his designs seemed…
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