The scope of the project included the replacement of the entire plaster ceiling, metal lath, and fasteners. The ceiling replacement began on December 1, 2017 and took approximately three months to complete. The project team included EverGreene Architectural Arts, Silman Structural Engineers, Glass House staff and Ashley Wilson AIA, ASID, Graham Gund Architect of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. — The Glass House
To see the new ceiling in person, make plans to visit this summer as The Glass House re-opens May 2018.
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F-ing wood joists! Wood joists?! Johnson, you hypocrite.
Ha!
With flush steel girders.
That's an amazing photo, and very enlightening.
It's like hearing that FLW's prairie house cantilevers depend on steel beams. You're not shocked, exactly... but when you see it exposed, that bubble of hope for purity of design and structure is finally burst.
I just remembered that about 25 or so years ago, I saw an article about the history of that house (possibly in Oppositions, possibly written by RM Stern).
There were elevation sketches of different early versions, including one (I kid you not) with solid walls punctuated by arched openings. I've looked and looked for that journal over the years, but haven't found it again. (Maybe PJ had them all rounded up and burned?)
The notion that the international style/ glass box was just one of several style choices he finally landed on blew me away. Fun topic!
Really smart. I like it even more.
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