The Crystal houses They are perhaps the best emblem of modernist design. Together with steel, wrought iron and concrete, this material defined an architectural movement and quickly captivated the imagination of the imagination of the architects. Crystal structures – with their lightness, transparency, translucidity and reflectivity – intimately reveal their interiors and provide a communion with the nature that was previously unattainable.
Of the many famous designs, the Farnsworth House of Mies van der Rohe in Plane (Illinois) and the Philip Johnson crystal house in New Canaan (Connecticut) are primary examples of the medium, famous for its ingenuity and to capture the spirit of the time. The rise of experimentation and expansion in the United States in the postwar Glass architecture. A new Phaidon book presents 50 of these houses and celebrates the amazing architectural feats that use glass in a reflexively and convincing way. These are 15 beautiful Crystal houses of all the world that justify the need to abandon brick, stone, wood and concrete.