In memoriam: Henry Urbach

Glass House director Henry Urbach passed away at 56 at his home in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Glass House (New Canaan, Connecticut), is one of the 20th century’s most significant residential structures and an object lesson in the confluence of architecture and nature. In 2014, Urbach visited the John Adams to discuss this icon of American Modernism. Click here to look back on the event.



Glass House director Henry Urbach passed away at 56 at his home in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Glass House (New Canaan, Connecticut), is one of the 20th century’s most significant residential structures and an object lesson in the confluence of architecture and nature. In 2014, Urbach visited the John Adams to discuss this icon of American Modernism. Click here to look back on the event.

Click here for an interview with Urbach about The Glass House.


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