Wednesday, January 18, 2012

WHAT: Asia House





“A small museum and headquarters for the Asia Society and Japan Society occupy the former site of two brownstones [at 112 East 64 Street, Philip C. Johnson, architect, 1959].  The façade is tinted grey glass outlined in white and is in its way as great a contrast with the existing brownstone fronts as Edward Durrell Stone’s grilled residence on the same street.”
- “Four Walking Tours of Modern Architecture in New York City,” The Museum of Moern Art and the Municipal Art Society of New York, Prepared by Ada Louise Huxtable; Distributed by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Third Printing 1966.
Image via Google. Note: The building is currently the home of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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