An inspiring collection of 50 spectacular houses built almost entirely from glass.
Glass Houses presents 50 stunning architect designed homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. The international selection includes early modernist houses from the 1930s, such as Philip Johnson's Glass House and Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, and glamorous mid-century LA villas like Pierre Koenig's Case Study #22, alongside outstanding contemporary examples, where new innovations have made even more daring glass structures possible. Each house is celebrated with awe-inspiring photographs that showcase the dynamic, light-filled living spaces that only glass can deliver. Features homes in: Australia, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, UK, USA, and Vietnam. Features architects including: Tatiana Bilbao, Lina Bo Bardi, Ofis Arhitekti, Herzog & de Meuron, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kazuyo Sejima, Philip Johnson, Mecanoo, John Lautner, Richard Rogers, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
About the Author:
A licensed architect, Andrew Heid is founding principal of NO ARCHITECTURE, a practice that creates harmony between nature and architecture. Based in New York City and working in different regions across the United States and internationally, Andrew leads private and public projects known for creating greater spiritual, ecological, and cultural harmony. The firm has built and ongoing residential and cultural projects in Oregon, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, Canada, and China.
Andrew has exhibited work at the Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale, Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Shenzhen Design Forum, MoMA, and the Beijing Architecture Biennale. He is currently Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, visiting assistant professor at Pratt, and contributing editor at Phaidon.
His recent book Glass Houses published by Phaidon, presents 50 stunning homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. Glass Houses includes work by: Tatiana Bilbao, Herzog & de Meuron, Lina Bo Bardi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kazuyo Sejima, Philip Johnson, Mecanoo, John Lautner, Office KGDVS, Richard Rogers, Mies van der Rohe, NO ARCHITECTURE, Ryue Nishizawa, SO-IL, Christian Kerez, and more.
Before founding NO ARCHITECTURE, Andrew practiced at REX and O.M.A. in New York and Rotterdam. Along with editing Glass Houses (2023), Andrew edited Ten Canonical Buildings: 1950-2000, with Peter Eisenman. Andrew is an AIA, Swiss REG, MBE, NCARB-certified architect, with licensure in New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Raised in Oregon of Chinese and German heritage, he studied architecture at the Architectural Association, received his BA in architecture with honors from Yale University, and his M.Arch from Princeton University.
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