Glass Houses features 50 stunning architect-designed homes that use glass to m maximum effect. The international selection includes modernist houses from the early 1930s, such as Philip Johnson's Glass House and MIES van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, and glamorous mid-century villas in Los Angeles, such as Pierre Koenig's Case Study No. 22, along with outstanding contemporary examples, in which las new innovations have made even m daring glass structures possible.