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| Henry P. Glass |
When Austria was occupied by Germany in 1938, Glass was sent to Dachau and then Buchenwald until his wife obtained his release. In 1939 the couple emigrated to New York City, where Glass worked for Russel Wright and Gilbert Rohde.
In 1942 he moved to Chicago and studied under László Moholy-Nagy and György Kepes. In 1946 he established Henry P. Glass and Associates. That same year, he started the industrial design department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and remained a professor there until 1969.
In 1948 he designed his own home, one of the first passive solar designs of its type. The house contained many unique features, including built-in furnishings, a flexible floor plan and thermopane windows.
An interesting bit of trivia is that a sofa designed by Glass was used on the set of the 1952-53 season of I Love Lucy.
From idsa.org, ellyglass.com, architechgallery.com, modernproperty.typepad.com
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| Masonite chairs interiordesign.net |
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| Rendering of Fada radio artic.edu |
