NEW CANAAN -- Built of glass, steel and brick, Philip Johnson's iconic Glass House will soon add a new feature -- a welcome mat.

The house, which served as the famed architect's private residence for more than 50 years before he died last year, is nestled behind a stone wall on Ponus Ridge Road and has long been reserved only for the pages of modern architectural books and magazines.


Johnson bequeathed the house to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which plans to open the home along with its extensive modern art collection to the public next spring.