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Giovannitti House & Pittsburgh Modern

May 8, 2017 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Update: Visit Very Local Pittsburgh for an updated version of this story. 

Most of the houses that surround Chatham University on Woodland Road, look the same, a version of a brick Tudor-style house. Even if you cannot see into the houses, you just sense that the interiors of theses house have lots of woodwork and some heavy draperies covering each window. But there is one house on Woodland Road that stands out from the Tudor line up. If you have driven down Woodland Road, you have likely seen the Giovannitti House.

Photo credit: Coldwell Banker.

I don’t believe this house has a historic designation, but it is such a unique building that it is worth sharing for preservation month. The house was designed by architect Richard Meier, and was built 1979-1983.

In 2013, someone started making a documentary about this house. I don’t know if they ever completed the entire episode but the trailer offers a look inside the house and an introduction to the owners, who were moving back into the house after having been away.

You can read more about the Giovannitti house here:

  • Painting With Light: A modern classic by Richard Meier, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Winter 2012
  • Giovannitti House, Galinsky

While researching this house, I came across the Pittsburgh Modern website, which has a detailed list of other modern buildings around Pittsburgh. It looks like the site has not been updated in a few years, in spite of that it is still a good starting point to learn more about modern architecture and architects in Pittsburgh.

I am not sure if they are currently living there, the house was put up for sale in June 2016. The Coldwell Banker site lists the house as currently “under contract.”

 

May is Preservation Month

If you like Pittsburgh history, you might be interested in reading about these buildings and preservation organizations:

  • John Woods House, The Second Oldest House in Pittsburgh
  • East Liberty Valley Historic Society
  • Schenley High School
  • The Fineman House

 

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Filed Under: Architechture Tagged With: architecture, Giovannitti House, houses, preservation month, Richard Meier, unique houses in Pittsburgh

About Lindsay

Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh since 2005. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon.

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