Philip Johnson

Also known as Philip Cortelyou Johnson, Philip C. Johnson

American architect (1906–2005)

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Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an American architect, art historian, and architectural historian. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1906, he was educated at Harvard University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work is associated with the postmodern architecture movement.

Johnson received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the AIA Gold Medal, and the National Medal of Arts. He is noted for the Crystal Cathedral. His works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, and Dumbarton Oaks. He wrote in English and spoke English. He died in New Canaan in 2005.

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Philip Johnson was a renowned American architect whose works exemplify modern and postmodern architecture of the second half of the 20th century.

Known for

Sketches of Frank Gehry — Self2006
My Architect: A Son's Journey — Self2003
Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century — self1994
Mies — Self1986
The Responsive Eye — Self1965

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Instance of: human
Given name: Philip
Family name: Johnson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Cleveland
Place of death: New Canaan
Occupation: architect
Languages spoken: English language
Field of work: architecture
Movement: postmodern architecture
Image: Philip Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg

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sexual orientation: homosexuality
Commons category: Philip Johnson
date of birth: 1906-07-08
date of death: 2005-01-25
birth name: Philip Cortelyou Johnso
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Commons gallery: Philip Johnson
name in native language: Philip Cortelyou Johnson
described at URL: arch-pavouk.cz/index.php/architekti/1452-johnson-philip
writing language: English language

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Philip Johnson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Kunsthalle Bielefeld

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Encyclopedic overview

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the postmodern 550 Madison Avenue in New York City, designed for AT&T; 190 South La Salle Street in Chicago; IDS Tower in downtown Minneapolis; the Sculpture Garden of New York City's Museum of Modern Art; the postmodern Williams Tower in Houston, Texas; and the Pre-Columbian Pavilion at Dumbarton Oaks. His January 2005 obituary in The New York Times described his works as being "widely considered among the architectural masterpieces of the 20th century".

In 1930, Johnson became the first director of the architecture department of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. There he arranged for visits by Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier and negotiated the first American commission for Mies van der Rohe, after he fled Nazi Germany. In 1932, he organized with Henry-Russell Hitchcock the first exhibition dedicated to modern architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, which gave name to the subsequent movement known as International Style. In 1934, Johnson resigned his position at the museum.

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