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Living Architecture | Greatest American Houses of the 20th Century

Former House & Garden editor-in-chief Dominique Browning presents an authoritative selection of America's most innovative and iconic twentieth-century homes. In more than 130 images by leading contemporary photographers, Browning highlights American architecture's best in a range of styles and eras—from James Deering's Vizcaya, his 1916 Italian Renaissance–inspired villa in Miami, to postwar marvels by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Farnsworth House) and Marcel Breuer (Hooper House II), to more recent constructions, such as Marwan Al-Sayed's mirage-like House of Earth and Light in the Southwest desert.‍

Grotta House on IconicHouses.org

The Grotta House has been architecturally integrated into the top of a 6,5-acre flag lot with good views in all directions. It's a 3200 square feet home that was specifically designed to accommodate the Grotta’s and their extensive museum quality collections of mainly mid-century modern craft and design.

This Collecting Couple Lives with a Rotating Cast of Craft Masterpieces

Atop a hill in Morris County, New Jersey, there’s a bright-white modernist house that’s no ordinary living space. The Richard Meier–designed, sundial-shaped structure is a jewel box of ceramics, tapestries, basketry, wood carvings, and other handmade gems. Through floor-to-ceiling windows, exemplary works by esteemed artists and designers abound—from Viola Frey and Peter Voulkos to Françoise Grossen, Sheila Hicks, and Lenore Tawney.

The Legacy Left Behind By Sandy Grotta, Pioneer Craft Collector

Sandra Karin Grotta, known better as Sandy Grotta, died recently at the age of 87. But the work she did as a pioneer in the field of contemporary craft collection remains as her enduring legacy.‍

The Grotta House Modern Home in New Jersey

In the late 80s, Lou and Sandy Grotta commissioned architect Richard Meier to create a home in New Jersey that would showcase their collection of contemporary studio jewelry and significant works in wood, ceramic and fiber. The Grotta Home features their art within its architectural frame, with nature as an ever-present backdrop.‍

The Grotta Home by Richard Meier: A Marriage of Architecture and Craft

"The Grotta Home by Richard Meier: A Marriage of Architecture and Craft" is a lushly photographed, coffee table-sized book about the interplay of nature, art and architecture designed and photographed by Tom Grotta, co-curator of browngrotta arts‍

Richard Meier: Houses 1962 / 1997

This oversized book presents 14 built American houses by one of the world's most influential and widely emulated architects. New color interior and exterior photography as well as drawings, plans, clients' personal reflections, and the architect's insight accompany each house. With a chronology of all of Meier's built and unbuilt residential projects, this is a most beautiful and valuable reference for admirers of his work.‍

New Jersey Collectors Who are Crafty, in More Ways Than One Collectors

Shy recessive types can appreciate art at a safe remove from the action, but collectors usually need to get off the sofa to capture the object of desire. The practice rewards moxie.Sandy and Louis Grotta, who have been collecting almost as long as they have been married — 64 years — possess that quality in abundance, having filled their home with some 300 pieces of crafts and jewelry.‍

Houses of World - Country and Mountain Houses, Vol. 2

Features the Grotta House.‍

Global Architecture - GA Houses 30

Features | Richard Meier & Partners: Grotta Residence - Harding Township, New Jersey.

AIANY Design Awards Program - 1990

For 160 years, AIA New York has provided distinction, leadership, and innovation to the architecture profession, symbolizing not only the highest standards in the work of its members but the leading edge of the planning, zoning, and social concerns of fellow architects throughout the United States.

Grotta House on IconicHouses.org

The Grotta House has been architecturally integrated into the top of a 6,5-acre flag lot with good views in all directions. It's a 3200 square feet home that was specifically designed to accommodate the Grotta’s and their extensive museum quality collections of mainly mid-century modern craft and design.

This Collecting Couple Lives with a Rotating Cast of Craft Masterpieces

Atop a hill in Morris County, New Jersey, there’s a bright-white modernist house that’s no ordinary living space. The Richard Meier–designed, sundial-shaped structure is a jewel box of ceramics, tapestries, basketry, wood carvings, and other handmade gems. Through floor-to-ceiling windows, exemplary works by esteemed artists and designers abound—from Viola Frey and Peter Voulkos to Françoise Grossen, Sheila Hicks, and Lenore Tawney.

The Legacy Left Behind By Sandy Grotta, Pioneer Craft Collector

Sandra Karin Grotta, known better as Sandy Grotta, died recently at the age of 87. But the work she did as a pioneer in the field of contemporary craft collection remains as her enduring legacy.‍

The Grotta House Modern Home in New Jersey

In the late 80s, Lou and Sandy Grotta commissioned architect Richard Meier to create a home in New Jersey that would showcase their collection of contemporary studio jewelry and significant works in wood, ceramic and fiber. The Grotta Home features their art within its architectural frame, with nature as an ever-present backdrop.‍

New Jersey Collectors Who are Crafty, in More Ways Than One Collectors

Shy recessive types can appreciate art at a safe remove from the action, but collectors usually need to get off the sofa to capture the object of desire. The practice rewards moxie.Sandy and Louis Grotta, who have been collecting almost as long as they have been married — 64 years — possess that quality in abundance, having filled their home with some 300 pieces of crafts and jewelry.‍

AIANY Design Awards Program - 1990

For 160 years, AIA New York has provided distinction, leadership, and innovation to the architecture profession, symbolizing not only the highest standards in the work of its members but the leading edge of the planning, zoning, and social concerns of fellow architects throughout the United States.

Living Architecture | Greatest American Houses of the 20th Century

Former House & Garden editor-in-chief Dominique Browning presents an authoritative selection of America's most innovative and iconic twentieth-century homes. In more than 130 images by leading contemporary photographers, Browning highlights American architecture's best in a range of styles and eras—from James Deering's Vizcaya, his 1916 Italian Renaissance–inspired villa in Miami, to postwar marvels by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Farnsworth House) and Marcel Breuer (Hooper House II), to more recent constructions, such as Marwan Al-Sayed's mirage-like House of Earth and Light in the Southwest desert.‍

The Grotta Home by Richard Meier: A Marriage of Architecture and Craft

"The Grotta Home by Richard Meier: A Marriage of Architecture and Craft" is a lushly photographed, coffee table-sized book about the interplay of nature, art and architecture designed and photographed by Tom Grotta, co-curator of browngrotta arts‍

Richard Meier: Houses 1962 / 1997

This oversized book presents 14 built American houses by one of the world's most influential and widely emulated architects. New color interior and exterior photography as well as drawings, plans, clients' personal reflections, and the architect's insight accompany each house. With a chronology of all of Meier's built and unbuilt residential projects, this is a most beautiful and valuable reference for admirers of his work.‍

Houses of World - Country and Mountain Houses, Vol. 2

Features the Grotta House.‍

Global Architecture - GA Houses 30

Features | Richard Meier & Partners: Grotta Residence - Harding Township, New Jersey.