Word: glassfuls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first problem," he said, "is to establish the museum as a center for the enjoyment, not the interment, of art." To do this, he proposed to erase "the barrier between the work of art and the community" with a garden approach for the display of sculpture, plus a single, glass-curtained gallery built on a steel frame with freestanding interior walls. "The architectural space thus achieved," he concluded, "becomes defining rather than confining...
...Kreegers' plight as fellow collectors that made Johnson forswear his resolve never to design another house. "Too bad," said Kreeger when Johnson first turned them down. "We had hoped you would help us with a dilemma." "What's that?" asked Johnson, perking up. "We like lots of glass, but we need wall space for our collection." "Interesting," said Johnson, who adds today: "I can think of nothing better than to live in a museum, as long as it's homey...
...main problem was to combine glass, which frames views of the Kreeger's 5½-acre lot, with hanging room for their art. To solve their problem, Johnson chose a style that he terms "Mediterranean modern," designed the house as a series of modular galleries topped with lifted cross-vaults. These give it a vague resemblance to Istanbul's domed Hagia Sophia, which has led some Washington wags to dub it "Bauhaus Byzantine...
...GLASS BOOTH, by Robert Shaw, who played Henry VIII in the movie Man for All Seasons. Starring Donald Pleasence. Playwright Harold Pinter directs. A surrealistic shocker about expiation and an Eichmann-like character on trial in Israel...
...that growth continuing. This year alone Hyatt is building ten more motels and expanding its standout success, Atlanta's handsome and unusual Regency Hyatt House. Little more than a year old, Regency House has already become a major Atlanta attraction. Its interior balconies rise 22 stories around a glass-roofed central atrium, served by glass-enclosed high-speed elevators. Now, a 200-room, 25-story circular glass addition is under construction. Hyatt has also scheduled new hotels for Monterey, San Francisco and Chicago, and last month announced plans to expand into the Caribbean and Mexico...