2011年9月,出版商Rizzoli New York发布了玻璃房子,摄影之旅菲利普•约翰逊的著名的房地产。这本书包括菲利普·约翰逊本人和建筑评论家保罗·戈德伯格的作品,是国家历史保护信托基金会的官方玻璃屋书籍。罗宾·希尔的照片《玻璃屋黎明》被选为这本书的封面。
下面是三部分的第二部分,其中罗宾·希尔分享了他拍摄玻璃屋的经验。阅读第一部分在这里.
现在我正朝湖边的亭子走几步。在这里,约翰逊开始了新的把戏。当我走近湖边时,我想起了伦敦地铁的扩音器系统,每当你上下火车时,它就会突然发出“注意缝隙”的声音。约翰逊没有将展馆设计成轻轻地推着海岸线,而是故意设置了这个令人恼火的间隙。为什么?我的第一个想法是“扰乱你的大脑”,或者是让你集中注意力。好了,现在我注意了,我的印象是,普通的尺度已经被建筑师的手抹去了。这是一个完美的现代愚蠢。除了坐在下面进行一次不舒服的野餐外,它几乎没有任何功能。通过这些摄影师的眼睛,多重拱门创造了极好的取景机会。 The visual pun is too obvious for my taste, however, and the pavilion does nothing for me in an architectural sense. I begin to feel that this is a dud, a Johnson experiment that doesn't really work very well in either form or function. Perhaps, this is indicative of Johnson's uneven career as an architect, brilliant one minute and mediocre the next. In the space of a few steps I have gone from momentous elevation to ungarnished mediocrity, from design excellence to controlled vacuousness. Still, the adventure of being here leaves my intellect alone for a while and I am left in solitude in the middle of a 46-acre design campus. Heaven! There is a serenity here that is both palpable and meaningful.