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PBS to broadcast documentary on New York's prominent skyscrapers

Lewis interviewed at Lever House

In July, PBS filmed a documentary on the history of New York's greatest tall buildings. Lewis was interviewed on the historical importance of Lever House and the Seagram Building, both major players in the story of midcentury modernism in Manhattan.

Film to be shown on PBS nationwide in December 2011.

Glass House: Conversations in Context (click here)

Film of Hilary Lewis at inaugural event of Conversations in Context plus more information on series.

Conversations in Context features artists, architects, designers, historians and critics, ranging from Paul Goldberger of The New Yorker to artist David Salle. Lewis led the inaugural program in May 2011. All events take place at the Glass House site in New Canaan, Connecticut.

A brief film of Lewis's program is now being screened on the Glass House's website.

A site of the National Trust for Historical Preservation

Lewis with participants in Conversations in Context

Glass House Conversations

Blog from Glass House on broad topics of architecture and design, featuring comments by Lewis

Modern House Day: Symposium and Tour

In May, Lewis was a key speaker at the New Canaan Historical Society's annual Modern House Day Symposium and Tour. (Buildings by John Black Lee, Eliot Noyes and Landis Gore were part of this year's tour.) She presented an overview of Philip Johnson's lifelong fascination with landscape and how this influenced his design of the Glass House.

Glass House Celebrates at Sotheby's

With Lynn Davis at Modern Views book party at Sotheby's (Photo: Tom McWilliam)

The Philip Johnson Glass House held an auction in fall 2010 to celebrate its new publication Modern Views (Assouline) at Sotheby's in New York. Pictured here: Lynn Davis, photographer extraordinaire and close friend to Johnson and David Whitney, visiting with Lewis.

Proceeds go to support the ongoing preservation of the Glass House site in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Click here to learn more about /purchase Modern Views.

Click here to visit the Glass House online.

Esplanade

September/October 2010 issue of Esplanade

Issue features Lewis on the challenges of waterfront development and her take on the home of Walter Gropius in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

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Media Coverage

Fifty Years of the Four Seasons in Metropolis Magazine

Interview with Lewis by Washington Post/Express

DC's Kreeger Museum Showcases Philip Johnson's Later Work in AIAarchitect

Philip Johnson at the Kreeger in AIA Blast

Wrecking Ball to Swing on Johnson's Ball House in Architecture Record

Behind the Glass Wall by Christopher Mason in The New York Times

Sex and Real Estate by Paul Goldberger in The New Yorker

In Philip Johnson's Glass House, His Masterly Vision is Crystal Clear by Philip Kennicott in the Washington Post

Martha Stewart on Sirius Radio: Design Trends with Gael Towey, Interview with Hilary Lewis at Glass House

Here, Serenity Under Glass in Los Angeles Times

Architectural Icon in Art & Antiques

The Glass House Gang by Edward Lifson

Glass House Revisited in Design Applause

Getting Inside Philip Johnson's Glass House in American Heritage

THINK New York: A Ground Zero Diary reviewed in McGraw Hill Construction/Engineering News-Record

Remembering Philip Johnson, FAIA, eOculus Special Issue

First Person in Metropolis Magazine

Philip Courtelyou Johnson in The Architect's Newspaper

Modernist Living: A Primer by Gwen North Reiss in The New York Times

Venice Biennale: Children's Museum in Guadalajara by Philip Johnson and Hilary Lewis

Philip Johnson: The Architect in His Own Words by Paul Goldberger in The New York Times Book Review

Philip Johnson: The Architect in His Own Words in The Economist

Noted Photographers Robin Hill and Julius Shulman at the Grand Opening of the Glass House

Michael Moran's Photography of the Glass House

Lectures

Lewis has spoken to audiences nationwide.

Venues have included:

Chicago Architecture Foundation
Cosmos Club
Harvard Club of New York City
Kreeger Museum
National Academy of Design
National Building Museum
National Trust for Historic Preservation
New School University
New York Academy of Art
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Texas Book Festival

Selected Works

Magazines

Esplanade
Regional publication focused on architecture and design.

HOME Fort Lauderdale and HOME Miami
Revealing the best in architecture, design and development in South Florida.

Architecture

HOK: A Global Design Portfolio
Latest monograph from the world's largest architectural firm.

Philip Johnson: Architecture as Art
Catalog of exhibition, curated by Lewis, at the Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC.

Mitchell Giurgola Architects
Monograph on occasion of noted New York firm's 50th anniversary.

Gund Partnership: The Master Architect Series
Monograph on firm of Graham Gund.

The Architecture of Philip Johnson
Featured in Business Week, Town and Country, House and Garden and Publisher's Weekly.

Philip Johnson: The Architect in His Own Words
"[C]aptures the elusive Mr. Johnson best..."

--The New York Times

Real Estate

HINES: A Legacy of Quality in the Built Environment
Examination of renowned real estate firm known for its commitment to improving level of design in commercial realm.

Urban development

THINK New York: A Ground Zero Diary
An insider's account of the master planning process post-9/11 at New York's World Trade Center site.

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