Casas de vidro

Description:

The book is a comparative study between Lina Bo Bardi's "Casa de Vidrio (Glass House) in Morumbi, São Paulo and 3 other modernist examples of glass and steel residential projects: the Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) in Southern California, the Glass House, or Johnson House (designed by Philip C. Johnson), in New Canaan, Connecticut, and the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, designed by Mies van der Rohe, as a tool for understanding Bardi's own story and the future of the Glass House. It also brings unpublished photos and drawings of the four projects.

subjects: Exhibitions,  Homes and haunts,  Modern Architecture,  Glass construction,  Architect-designed houses,  Casa de Vidro (São Paulo, Brazil),  Farnsworth House (Plano, Ill.),  Glass House (New Canaan, Conn.),  Eames House (Los Angeles, Calif.)

People: Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992),  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969),  Philip Johnson (1906-2005),  Ray Eames,  Charles Eames

Places: Brazil,  São Paulo,  Connecticut,  New Canaan,  California,  Los Angeles

Times: 20th century