‘A designer’s designer’: N.Y. exhibit showcases Chareau

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 of the world’s first glass-brick exterior walls — three stories high. Chareau’s work straddles industrial aesthetics and traditional fine craftsmanship, clean spare [...]