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Christopher Hawthorne previews the restoration of Philip Johnson's Brick House ahead of May reopening

Archinect

The original paired structures, said Kirsten Reoch, who was named executive director of the Glass House campus last summer, “are two parts of a whole. The restored Brick House (whose work was overseen by the National Trust ’s Mark Stoner) reopens to the public this Thursday, May 2nd.

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Shigeru Ban and the Cooper Union to exhibit Paper Log House at The Glass House's 75th anniversary

Archinect

Shigeru Ban Architects have announced a special project that will help commemorate the 75th anniversary of the realization of Philip Johnson ’s soon-to-be restored Brick House, the smaller outbuilding included at the site of the landmarked Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.

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SOM completes restoration of Lever House, a midcentury Manhattan office icon

Archinect

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has announced the completion of a recent restoration project that’s meant to breathe new life into their historic Lever House design in Manhattan. Reed Hilderbrand has also contributed a comprehensive new landscape program for the building that connects the plaza area to third-floor terraces.

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SOM completes restoration of New York's historic Lever House

Deezen

US-based architecture studio SOM has completed a restoration of the Lever House seventy years after the studio originally designed the historic New York City office building. This renovation reactivates Lever House for the 21st century," said SOM partner Chris Cooper.

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Shigeru Ban's Paper Log House Revealed at Philip Johnson's Glass House Venue

World Architecture Community

This season, The Glass House commemorates its Üöth Anniversary and the ongoing restoration of the Brick House with the opening of Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House.In a noteworthy collaboration, The Glass House, Shigeru Ban Architects (SBA), and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Archi.

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Philip Johnson’s 1949 Brick House in New Canaan is being restored by Mark Stoner and the National Trust for Historic Preservation

The Architect's Newsletter

In New Canaan, Connecticut, Philip Johnson’s 1949 Brick House—a one-story brick building sited next to the Glass House—is being restored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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345 Glass House by Secoy Architects

Architectural Record

Kicking off RECORD's renovation and restoration–focused Featured Houses series for February is a mid-century house in suburban Cleveland meticulously restored and updated as a seasonal residence by its architect owner.

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