Address: 33 Orchard Street, Stonington, CT 06378 & 72 West 82nd Street, New York, NY
Phone: 203.664.1919 – office or, 917-319-5720- cell
Email: michaelglynnarchitects@gmail.com
Website: http://www.michaelglynnarchitects.com (currently under construction)
A Synopsis of Michael Glynn’s Practice, Highlighting Preservation Work
Michael Jennings Glynn, AIA, NCARB, has extensive experience in both residential and institutional projects. His planning skills and design sensibilities have evolved through a wealth of diverse commissions in planning, preservation and building design. He is also a garden and landscape designer. Glynn believes that contemporary design is enriched by a deep knowledge of architectural history and vernacular construction. He attempts to weave architecture and landscape into a unified whole.
“I am interested in materials and craftsmanship. I am conscious of avoiding waste or otherwise burdening the environment. I am interested in making buildings that will age well, both functionally and aesthetically, and most importantly, nourish the senses and the soul. And I have learned from experience that rapport between client and architect – and teamwork – is the only route to a successful project.”
Glynn’s experience in preservation includes serving as project architect for the repair and the restoration of Springwood, Franklin Roosevelt’s house in Hyde Park, New York; and serving as both project architect and construction manager for the restoration and adaptive re-use of the Heurich Mansion House Museum, on Dupont Circle in Washington, D. C. The Heurich project won an American Institute of Architects Merit Award for “design sensitivity and craftsmanship’.
He was a member of the team that produced the Master Plan for Clayton, Henry Clay Frick’s Pittsburgh residence (and museum). Michael served as consulting architect to the State of New Jersey for the restoration of the Soldiers and Sailors Auditorium and War Memorial in Trenton. In 2014-2015 his office prepared a Historic Structure Report and Conservation Plan for The Stanton House Museum in Clinton, Connecticut. And in 2019, with his colleague, Hicks Stone (Stone Architecture), Michael provided the Town of Roxbury with a Historic Condition Assessment for the Hodge Memorial Library building.
The Ronemus residence, in Westport, Connecticut, received several awards for design and preservation excellence; the scope of work included restoring and expanding a Greek Revival farmhouse and outbuildings, including the conversion of a 1912 service station into an office and studio for the client’s design firm.
Glynn has been active in the movement to preserve significant Modern houses in Connecticut, including Paul Rudolph’s Micheel residence in Westport, and the Crone residence, designed by Henry Hebbeln (and James Rose), in Litchfield. He has worked on many significant modern houses such as Marcel Breuer’s Clark residence in Orange, Connecticut, and Edward Durell Stone’s (and Donald Deskey’s) Mandel residence in Bedford Hills, New York.
In 2010, Michael, with preservationist Morley Boyd and furniture expert Kim Elstein, organized an exhibit of significant Modern houses located in the towns of Westport and Weston, Connecticut. Housed at the Westport Historical Society, “Westport Modern, When Cool was Hot”, revealed wonderful midcentury work previously unknown. The exhibit received national attention in the press.
The design by Glynn and Hicks Stone for a Memorial to the Sandy Hook victims, placed among the finalists in the 2018 national design competition.
Michael Glynn is a registered architect in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, a member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and he is qualified under the National Park Service’s criteria for a Qualified Historical Architect, 36CFR, Part 61. He is a member of the Society of Architectural Historians, Docomomo, and the Association for Preservation Technology.