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A House for People Who Don’t Throw Stones

Could you handle life in a glass box?

By The Editors
October 28, 2015 9:00 am

Got a patch of of land? Maybe on the crest of a hill? Views for miles? A notable lack of privacy concerns?

We’ve got an idea for you. 

Hire I/O Architects out of Sofia, Bulgaria, and get them to build you one of these. The glass house is an icon of modern architecture — including, of course, the Glass House, Philip Johnson’s iconic late-1940s residence in New Canaan, CT. 

But it brings with it certain difficulties: Curtains just won’t work. The house molds your living style rather than being molded to yours. 

We say it’s worth it. The proof is in the pictures below. 

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