The Booth House is a single-story modernist house in Bedford, New York. Built in 1946, the house was American architect Philip Johnson's first residential commission,[1] and is a stylistic precursor to Johnson's better-known 1949 Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.[2]
| Booth House | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Location | Bedford, New York |
| Coordinates | 41°12′03″N 73°37′01″W / 41.20086°N 73.61684°W |
| Construction started | 1946 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 1,440 square feet (134 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Philip Johnson |
The house's concrete block and plate glass exterior is supported by steel beams and columns, and its interior features a large masonry fireplace.[3] Its design was influenced by Johnson's mentors. Landis Gores described the house as a "cross-breed in concrete block between [Johnson's] Lincoln project for [Professor] Bogner and [Le Corbusier's] De Mandrot house from which it had taken its origin: a raised podium."[4]
Johnson designed the house for Richard and Olga Booth, a young couple who wanted a weekend house near Manhattan.[5] Architectural photographer Robert Damora and architect Sirkka Damora purchased the house in 1955 for $23,500 and lived there for 55 years.[3] In 2010, the widowed Sirkka Damora put the 1,440-square-foot (134 m2) house, an 800-square-foot (74 m2) studio building, and their 1.92-acre (0.78 ha) lot up for sale, with an asking price of $2 million.[6]
References
edit- ^ Harrison, Ivy (October 29, 2010). "It Started With the Booth House". Metropolis. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ Pope-Chappell, Maya (June 1, 2010). "Philip Johnson's First House on Market". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- ^ a b Britton, Karla Cavarra (March 2010). "Philip Johnson's First Foray" (PDF). Modern Magazine (PDF). Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ Schulze, Franz (1996). Philip Johnson: Life and Work. University of Chicago Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-226-74058-4.
- ^ Montebello, Joseph (November–December 2010). "Modernist Hideaway". TownVibe. Ridgefield, Connecticut. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ^ Ardino, Anthony. "Signature Mid-Century Modern: Philip Johnson's First House, Bedford, NY 10506". William Raveis Real Estate. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2016.