New Canaan, Connecticut, home of Mr. and Mrs. Paschall Campbell | Architect: John Johansen | Decorator: Stephen Gasperecz

This kind of modern house is rooted in tradition. A small home of precisely balanced wood and glass panels, it follows traditional precedents in its fine proportions and symmetry but is neither stately nor stuffy. On rolling countryside near New Canaan, Connecticut, it has the flexibility needed for present day living. The H-shaped plan completely separates living and sleeping rooms, but lets them share a center terrace which enlarges them both. In place of traditional walls, glass panels look out over the surrounding woods and azalea-planted court. Even the solid end walls of the house have a band of glass at the ceiling to give you a view of treetops or sky from almost any point. (You can also have privacy when you want it, from the draw curtains at all window-walls.) The house is a wonderful frame for the owners' fine antiques: Wide glass walls illuminate each piece of furniture, and crisply simple architectural details do not compete for attention.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | October 1955