Listen to Grating the Nutmeg episode 48 and follow along with these images, all taken by Robert Gregson (and used by permission). And read the SPRING 2018 issue with Bob’s story about Frank Lloyd Wright’s Tiranna–a hidden gem in New Canaan, Connecticut.
New Haven
Yale School of Architecture, designed by Paul Rudolph. See “Love/Hate for Connecticut’s Brutalist Buildings,” Winter 2017-2018
Read more about Brutalist buildings and the Art & Architecture building at Yale HERE.
Louis Kahn designed stairwell, Yale Art Gallery. photo: Robert Gregson
Read more about Yale University Art Gallery HERE.
Litchfield
Gagarin House 1, 1955. The Gargarin House features Marcel Breuer’s signature staircase and sculptural bush-hammered fireplace. See Gregson’s “Modernism in Connecticut” for more on Gagarin House 1. photo: Robert Gregson
Fireplace design by Josef Albers. photo: Robert Gregson
Exterior of Gagarin House 1, 1955, designed by Marcel Breuer. photo: Robert Gregson
House designed by John Johansen, Litchfield. photo: Robert Gregson
Stillman 1, designed by Marcel Breuer, Litchfield. photo: Robert Gregson
Churches in Connecticut
Unitarian Meeting House, Hartford, designed by Victor Lundy. photo: Robert Gregson
First Presbyterian church in Stamford, known as the “fish church” designed by Wallace Harrison. photo: Robert Gregson
First Presbyterian church in Stamford, known as the “fish church” designed by Wallace Harrison. photo: Robert Gregson
United Church of Rowayton, designed by Joseph Salerno, 1962. photo: Robert Gregson
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Tiranna
See Bob’s story in the Spring 2018 issue.
More great stories about mid-century Modern design in
Winter 2009-2010
Read Peter Swanson’s story about mid-century modern pottery designer Lagardo Tackett in Winter 2010-2011