MICHAEL GLYNN ARCHITECTS 264 Water Street, Suite 3B, New York, NY. 10038 Tel. 212 587 5398P.O. Box 82 Green's Farms, CT 06436 Tel.203 256 5787 MichaelGlynnArchitects@gmail.com MICHAEL
JENNINGS GLYNN SUMMARY OF
PRESERVATION-RELATED WORK Michael
Glynn established his own practice in 1990 after working on projects of all
types and sizes while employed by architectural firms in Boston, Washington,
DC, Princeton, New Jersey, and New York City. In addition to commissions for houses and apartments, he has
worked extensively on building preservation, adaptive use and preservation
planning. Several projects have
also included the design and planning of landscapes and gardens.
His
experience in preservation includes serving as project architect
for the restoration of Franklin Roosevelt's house in Hyde Park, New York and, as both project architect and
construction manager, for the restoration and adaptive use of
the Heurich Mansion (Headquarters for the Historical Society of the District of
Columbia) in Washington. The
Heurich project won an American Institute of Architects Merit Award for
"design sensitivity and craftsmanship". In 1988, Michael Glynn
(with the Office of Thierry Despont) developed a master plan for the Frick
Foundation to convert Henry Clay Frick’s Pittsburgh estate into a museum. In
1990 through 1992, he served as consulting architect for the restoration of the
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ War
Memorial and Auditorium, part of the
capitol complex in Trenton, New Jersey.In 1994 through 1996, Michael Glynn was
the architect (in collaboration with Austin Patterson, Architects) for the
Historical Society of Greenwich, Connecticut. This project included long-range planning for the Society,
the restoration of the historic landscape at the Society’s headquarters in Cos
Cob, and the conversion of
one of their historic buildings for use as a visitor center. In 1995, for the Simsbury Historical
Society in Simsbury,
Connecticut, he prepared a comprehensive architectural and engineering study of
their historic buildings and museum facilities; this commission included
long-range planning options for both the site and the structures. Mr.
Glynn prepared a study in 1995 for the adaptive use and restoration of an
Adirondack-style building located in the town of Westport’s Longshore Park, the
former Stranahan estate in Westport,Connecticut. He also served as consultant in 1996 to
the Historic New England Endowment Foundation for the Endowment’s effort to
relocate and restore the Eno Mansion, an
early Colonial-Revival house on Long
Island Sound in Westport. Michael
Glynn was the Connecticut Trust’s consultant in 1997 for the conservation and
preservation of a “library-retreat” that was designed in 1938 by Edward Durell
Stone for Frank Altschul’s estate in Stamford, Connecticut. In 1998, Mr. Glynn prepared construction
documents for the conservation and repair of an important Modern house in New
London, Connecticut that was designed by Ulrich Franzen in 1959. And in 2000 he prepared documents
for the restoration of the
glass-block-enclosed dining room of the (1935) Richard Mandel House in Bedford
Hills, New York. Designed by
Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey, and with the site designed by Michael
Rapuano, the Mandel House is one of the most important examples of early
International-Style buildings in the United States. Mr.
Glynn helped preserve two important mid-century Modern
houses in Litchfield County, Connecticut: the Gagarin residence (1954) by
Marcel Breuer, and the Crone residence (1948) by architect, Henry Hebbeln and
landscape architect, James Rose. In
2006 and 2007 he aided the Paul Rudolph Foundation in their efforts to prevent
the destruction of two significant Rudolph-designed houses: the Micheel
residence (built in 1971) in Westport, Connecticut and the Cerritto residence
(1956) in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. In
2010 Michael Glynn – along with Morley Boyd and Kim Elstein - installed their
architectural exhibit, “Westport Modern” at the Westport Historical
Society. This survey of
significant modern houses (circa 1930 to circa 1970), located in Westport and
Weston, Connecticut, received extensive praise. Michael Glynn was the photographer and writer for the
exhibit. The
Ronemus Residence in Westport, Connecticut (the adaptive use of a 1912 service
station and several outbuildings, and the restoration and expansion of a Greek
Revival house) won the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2009 Merit
Award.
Other
residential work includes designs for houses in Virginia, Connecticut, New
York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Michael Glynn places strong emphasis on the integration of buildings and
landscape. His landscape design
for the Timken Residence on Nantucket won an award in 1993 from Garden
Design, published by the American
Society of Landscape Architects. Mr.
Glynn has been a member of the
Historic Buildings Committee of the A.I.A. New York City Chapter. He is a member of the Society
of Architectural Historians and also of the Association for
Preservation Technology. He served
on the Westport, Connecticut, Historic District Commission from 1994 to 1998. He is a registered architect in New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut. He is also a member
of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, which allows him
to practice throughout the States.