In 1982, Mike and Penny Winton hired architect Frank Gehry to design a guest house for their grandchildren on the Lake Minnetonka property also occupied by a Philip Johnson house from the 1950s. Undeterred by proximity to an exemplar of Johnson’s mid-century modernism, Gehry positioned elemental forms in a variety of materials, showcasing his own unique brand of groundbreaking and playful architecture. Upon its 1987 completion, the Winton Guest House was recognized as one of his most notable projects to date, a composition in which architecture is intentionally conceptualized as art. Indeed, from certain vantage points without view of windows or doors, the house appears as a freestanding sculpture, accentuating the surrounding landscape.