Untapped's guide to reserving a visit to the Maison de Verre (Glass House), the 20th-Century architectural wonder and the best-kept secret in Paris. Menu Search. Log in Subscribe.

At the Maison de Verre, architectural historian Mary Vaughn Johnson gives a fascinating guided visit, bringing to life the original occupants of the home and their influence on the design.

A passionate collector and restorer of modernist artifacts, Robert M. Rubin brings a purist's eye to the genius and intricacies of Paris' Maison de Verre, the house of glass he lives in.

Tucked into a courtyard in Paris’s chic 7th arrondissement, invisible to public view, sits one of the icons of 20th-century design, La Maison de Verre, Pierre Chareau’s 1932 glass house.

Completed in 1932, Maison de Verre—or “House of Glass”—has become a prime example of modern architecture, despite the fact that not many people have actually seen the hidden treasure, ...

The Maison de Verre was built in 1932. It is a structure of glass blocks and steel by Pierre Chareau, and occupies part of an 18th-century courtyard on the Left Bank.

NEW YORK — More than a decade before Philip Johnson designed his iconic Glass House, French designer and architect Pierre Chareau designed the Maison de Verre in 1932 in Paris. It featured one ...