The rectangular house with a flat roof features vertical cypress panels which cover the garage and second story, which cantilevers over the first story by 3 feet on the north and south sides. Custom-sized large windows, a few of which are floor to ceiling, ornament the facades creating an open feeling in the living and dining room. The house was modified in 1962–1963 to add nine feet, allowing expansion of the kitchen and living room; the rear porch was also replaced with the current stone patio. The house has been unchanged since then. Landsberg lived in the house until his death in 2013. The Landsberg house is considered a significant example of
Modernist Architecture created in the United States. This came just shy of two months after its listing on the
New York State Register of Historic Places, which occurred on June 19, 2014. Landsberg was not well known nationally, but was active on the
East Coast – and particularly on
Long Island. He was a graduate student at the
Harvard Graduate School of Design under
Walter Gropius and
Marcel Breuer, and worked professionally with both men during his career. == See also ==