Modernism

Episode: Something Old is New Again

 

When Philip Johnson’s iconic glass house opened to the public in 2007 it was an immediate sensation, and tickets are still selling out a year in advance. The glass house is the best known of over 100 modern homes in New Canaan, designed by Johnson and a group of Havard trained architects known as the Harvard 5. We’ll explore how New Canaan became a kind of laboratory for an enclave of modernist architects who flocked there in the 40’s and 50s. And, we will focus on the state’s efforts to save the “mid-century moderns”.

Beginning on Thursday, April 23, 2009, CPTV will launch the new, weekly 8-part series All Things Connecticut. Host Diane Smith, along with contributing reporters, will bring the audience home-grown s... read more