Booth House (Bedford, New York)

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Booth House
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Type House
Architectural style Modernist
Location Bedford, New York
Coordinates 41°12′03″N73°37′01″W / 41.20086°N 73.61684°W / 41.20086; -73.61684 Coordinates: 41°12′03″N73°37′01″W / 41.20086°N 73.61684°W / 41.20086; -73.61684
Construction started 1946
Technical details
Floor area 1,440 square feet (134 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Philip Johnson

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]

Modern architecture broad type of architecture

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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]

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Masonry The building of structures from individual units of stone, brick, or block

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ Harrison, Ivy (October 29, 2010). "It Started With the Booth House". Metropolis . Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ Pope-Chappell, Maya (June 1, 2010). "Philip Johnson's First House on Market". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Britton, Karla Cavarra (March 2010). "Philip Johnson's First Foray" (PDF). Modern Magazine (PDF). Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Schulze, Franz (1996). Philip Johnson: Life and Work. University of Chicago Press. p. 186. ISBN   978-0-226-74058-4.
  5. ↑ Montebello, Joseph (November–December 2010). "Modernist Hideaway". TownVibe. Ridgefield, Connecticut . Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  6. ↑ 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.
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