Eric Shiner, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Hosts a Glass House Conversation on Collecting

Eric Shiner, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum

Andy Warhol was a collector of epic proportions. From his piles of Fiesta Ware to his massive collection of art by other artists –and everything in between–for Warhol, collecting was a way of life.

What are you passionate about collecting? How do you live with it, display it, and ultimately enjoy it?

Join us for a new Glass House Conversation hosted by Eric Shiner, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. Share your thoughts, and join the others who have launched the discussion including Nicholas Chambers, Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum, Brian Lang, Curator at BNY Mellon, designer Carly Hagins and Eric Shiner. Curious about what they collect? Visit glasshouseconversations.org and join the discussion!

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, Andy Warhol, collecting, Eric Shiner, Glass House Conversations, Philip Johnson Glass House, The Andy Warhol Musuem

Join a Glass House Conversation on Play, Health + Well-being Hosted by Joyce S. Lee

Joyce S. Lee

Join our current Glass House Conversation hosted by Joyce S. Lee, FAIA, LEED AP, former Active Design director at the New York City Department of Design and Construction, where she worked to develop the Active Design Guidelines, a manual that outlines strategies to combat obesity and chronic diseases through the design of healthier buildings, streets and urban spaces. The online Conversation is based on the question:

The Glass House was a weekend retreat for Philip Johnson and a place where he explored themes of play through the design of buildings and landscapes. Johnson and guests could interact with the environment by walking, strolling and climbing, as well as enjoy the view.

Today many designers, architects and urban planners are working to create spaces that encourage play, health and well-being. From my experience, employing the practice of evidence-based design opens up a productive and informative interdisciplinary dialogue with professionals from across the fields of science, medicine, design and culture.

What does it take to create beautiful, comfortable spaces that encourage play, health and well-being?

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, Dr. Cecily Selby, Dr. Edward Gross, Health, Joyce S. Lee, Philip Johnson, Play, Stephanie Gleb, Susan Chin, Well-being

Join Our Online Glass House Conversation Hosted by Kimberli Meyer, Director, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles

Kimberli Meyer

There are just a few days left to join the online Glass House Conversation with host Kimberli Meyer, Director, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, at the Schindler House.

A relentless torrent of discourse, high and low, has come to dominate contemporary life. Yet we willingly add more. Why does our chatter matter? Are we invested in the exchange of ideas, do we feel pressured to participate to keep from getting lost in the crowd, or is there something else going on? Where does substance and self-promotion stop and start?

Why are we having this conversation?

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, Glass House, Glass House Conversations, Kimberli Meyer, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Schindler House

New Glass House Conversation Hosted by Kimberli Meyer of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture

Kimberli Meyer

Join a new online Glass House Conversation hosted by Kimberli Meyer, Director of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, at the Schindler House.

A relentless torrent of discourse, high and low, has come to dominate contemporary life. Yet we willingly add more. Why does our chatter matter? Are we invested in the exchange of ideas, do we feel pressured to participate to keep from getting lost in the crowd, or is there something else going on?
Where does substance and self-promotion stop and start?

Why are we having this conversation?

Join the discussion, going on now at Glasshouseconversations.org!

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, Glass House Conversations, Kimberli Meyer, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Philip Johnson Glass House

Join the Discussion! Hannia Gómez Hosts a Glass House Conversation

Join us for this week’s online Glass House Conversation hosted by Hannia Gómez, President of Fundacion de la Memoria Urbana, founder and vice president of Docomomo Venezuela, and former curator of Gio Ponti’s Villa Planchart, a modern home in Caracas, Venezuela:

The recently restored Tugendhat House by Mies van der Rohe has just reopened to the public. In the words of Jean-Louis Cohen in The Wall Street Journal, the House’s restoration “has benefited from a new approach to preserving Modernist buildings”, and now “a new generation of experts takes an “archaeological” view, yielding superb results.” The Tugendhat House recovered “its grand atmosphere from the 1930s”.

Having worked for many years as curator of Gio Ponti’s Villa Planchart in Caracas (1957), I witnessed a totally different – much slower, less scientific, but very successful – preservation process. Similarly perfect results were achieved through years of intuition and passion for architecture.

How will the latest trend in preservation process and interest in Modernist buildings impact the threatened/saved Modern heritage of the world?

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, DOCOMOMO, Fundacion de la Memoria Urbana, Gio Ponti, Glass House, Glass House Conversation, Hannia Gómez, Knoll Prize, Mies van der Rohe, Paul Rudolph, Philip Johnson, Philip Johnson Glass House, Preservation, Tugendhat House, Villa Planchart, World Monuments Fund

Hannia Gómez Hosts a New Glass House Conversation

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Join in a new Glass House Conversation on modern architecture + preservation hosted by Hannia Gómez, president of Fundacion de la Memoria Urbana, and founder and Vice President of Docomomo Venezuela:

How will the latest trend in preservation process and interest in Modernist buildings impact the threatened/saved Modern heritage of the world?

Share your thoughts, join the Conversation going on now at glasshouseconversations.org! 

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Filed under: Glass House Conversations, Architecture, DOCOMOMO, Fundacion de la Memoria Urbana, Glass House, Glass House Conversation, Hannia Gómez, Preservation

Glass House Conversation: What design spectacles – eyewear or event – have had a significant impact on you?

Join in the Glass House Conversation on “design spectacles” hosted by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz. Rabinowitz was the Senior Editor of Parkett magazine from 1998-2007 and is a founding editor of FANTOM Photographic Quarterly. She has served as the Artistic Director of Art Basel, and as a faculty member at Parsons The New School for Design and Columbia University.

Rabinowitz asks: Philip Johnson’s glasses were his signature, his Glass House was his “Pavilion for viewing nature.” What design spectacles – eyewear or event – have had a significant impact on you?

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, Art Basel, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, FANTOM Photographic Quarterly, Glass House Conversations, Terence Riley

Landscape Architect Raymond Jungles Hosts New Glass House Conversation

Raymond Jungles, FASLA

Join us for this week’s online Glass House Conversation hosted by landscape architect Raymond Jungles. Jungles and his firm based in Miami design private residential gardens, civic gardens, boutique hotels, and botanical gardens, and have collaborated with leading architecture firms including Herzog & de Meuron, Frank Gehry & Partners and Foster + Partners. See more of Jungles’s work, including 1111 Lincoln Rd. pictured above, on his website raymondjungles.com.

Jungles asks:

Considering the landscape an integral part of an overall architectural solution, we identify regional context and a sense of place as the primary objectives. To us, unity, harmony and human experience are the driving force.

Which architects best prioritize the human experience in their work? How are people responding?

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, 1111 Lincoln Rd., Architecture, Burle Marx, Design, Foster + Partners, Frank Gehry & Partners, Glass House, Glass House Conversations, Herzog & de Meuron, Landscape, Mies van der Rohe, Miller Hull, Philip Johnson, Philip Johnson Glass House, Raymond Jungles, SAANA

Glass House Conversation: Has “design” become an activity of, by, and for the 1%?

Hunter Tura, President & CEO of Bruce Mau Design Hosts a Glass House Conversation on the current state of design. He poses the question:

In December, I was at Design Miami/Art Basel and had a great time connecting with so many old friends, clients, press contacts, etc. At some point during the week, I sent a text message to a friend to recount some of the new work I’d seen, the run-ins, the parties, the tote-bags…

Her response was: “So, how is life with the 1%?” After a career in design, I certainly didn’t feel like a member of the 1%, but from my view of the champagne bar in the VIP lounge it was clear that I was in close proximity. Then, I began to wonder:

Has “design” become an activity of, by, and for the 1%?

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, Bruce Mau Design, Glass House Conversations, Hunter Tura

1967 Glass House Country Happening with Merce Cunningham, John Cage & the Velvet Underground

In honor of John Cage and the John Cage Centennial, which serve as the inspiration for our current Glass House Conversation, we’re sharing one of the many films from the Glass House Visitor Center Media Wall, now available online for the first time.

The film is archival footage of an event held at the Glass House in 1967 to benefit the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Described as a “Country Happening” in Vogue Magazine, August 1967, Merce Cunningham dancers performed to music by John Cage, and later the Velvet Underground took the stage. The original soundtrack to the footage included guests clinking glasses, neighbors complaining, and police arriving to break up the party!

Join the Glass House Conversation; discuss John Cage, the Glass House, Design, Ego and Humility with host Paul Soulellis at glasshouseconversations.org!

Filed under: Glass House Conversations, Glass House Films, Film, Glass House, Glass House Conversations, History, John Cage, John Cage Trust, Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Paul Soulellis, Philip Johnson Glass House, Velvet Underground