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Article: Mecca of modernism. (the houses of New Canaan, CT that reflect post-World War II modern architecture of five major architects that studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Design)
- Article from:
- House Beautiful
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
- Author:
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Fifty years ago, five architects moved to Connecticut to build "machines for living in." Other pioneers followed, and soon New Canaan was the site of many of the nation's finest modern houses
Driving down one of the winding roads of New Canaan, Connecticut, Richard Bergmann pulls alongside a high stone wall and nods to a field that falls away to the west. There on the edge of a promontory sits one of the country's most famous modern structures: Philip Johnson's Glass House. Next door is the abandoned hulk of the Stackpole house, one of the first residences designed by Eliot Noyes, who worked with Johnson at the Museum of Modern art as director of design.
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