Richard Neutra’s Glen House Hits the Market for $4.5M in Stamford, CT

Midcentury architect Richard Neutra is best known for his sleek, modernist homes scattered across Southern California. However, the architect is also responsible for a handful of homes on the East Coast—three of which are in Connecticut.

Located in Stamford, just 50 minutes from Grand Central Station, the Glen House was built in 1959 for an affluent family that outlined specific requirements for their home—some of which ran contrary to Neutra’s architectural style.

The home recently received two sensitive renovations that bring it closer to Neutra’s vision than the original plan. Architect Joeb Moore painstakingly and lovingly restored and upgraded the home with an award-winning restoration, "giving life to some of Neutra’s original details that were not realized by the initial build," according to the listing. 

The Glen family originally requested a division of public and private space—including a closed service kitchen for the family’s maid. This design request conflicted with to the open, fluid spaces that define many of Neutra’s homes. Moore’s restoration replaced the closed-off space with modern kitchen that’s open to the living area. The renovation also reimagined the layout as an open plan with the living area at the center, and brought light into the common areas of the home via floor-to-ceiling windows and skylights—a vital part of Neutra’s original intent.

The other end of the home was reworked and expanded by Rolfs Elert Office, who "developed a new plan that feels true to Neutra’s ethos of blurring the lines between inside and out." This included flipping the master suite’s bathroom and bedroom, expanding the bathroom with a large soaking tub, and increasing the size of the bedroom to take advantage of the western exposure and better integrate the space with the beautiful surrounding landscape.