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  Looking Through the Glass House, Philip Johnson’s Modernist Icon  
 

As the old cliche suggests, a picture is worth a thousand words, but not when the subject is architect Philip Johnson's Glass House, one of the most famous and least understood homes in America....

 
 

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Witold Rybczynski on Modern Home Design, Why We Stick With the Familiar

 
 

Witold Rybczynski is an architect and author with an unusual name (VEE-told Rib-CHIN-ski) and unusual interests.

For more than 20 years, he has focused on the houses and lifestyles of ordinary people. In his recent book, “Last Harvest,” he follows the ups and downs of New Daleville, a new home community in suburban Philadelphia....

 
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Johnny Grey’s Kitchen Design Stirs the Senses

 
 

Last week, I saw the most remarkable kitchen I have ever encountered. It looked as though a dancer or a sculptor designed it....

 
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Beyond McMansions: Fresh Takes on Early American Designs

 
 

The end of the housing bubble may also signal the end of the McMansion, that much-maligned symbol of suburban American excess....

 
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