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    Philip Johnson: (8 JULY 1906 - 25 JANUARY 2005)

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    Philip Johnson was an American architect who is credited with introducing European modernism to the United States. Some of his most notable modernist works include the Glass House, Seagram Building, and IDS Center. Johnson later transitioned to postmodernism, designing buildings like the PPG Place and Williams Tower. He was the first recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and helped establish many European architects in the US after World War II.

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    Philip Johnson was an American architect who is credited with introducing European modernism to the United States. Some of his most notable modernist works include the Glass House, Seagram Building, and IDS Center. Johnson later transitioned to postmodernism, designing buildings like the PPG Place and Williams Tower. He was the first recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and helped establish many European architects in the US after World War II.

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    Philip Johnson was an American architect who is credited with introducing European modernism to the United States. Some of his most notable modernist works include the Glass House, Seagram Building, and IDS Center. Johnson later transitioned to postmodernism, designing buildings like the PPG Place and Williams Tower. He was the first recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and helped establish many European architects in the US after World War II.

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    PHILIP JOHNSON

    ( 8 JULY 1906 – 25 JANUARY 2005 )


    ABOUT PHILIP JOHNSON

    His full name is Philip Cortelyou Johnson.


    Johnson is credited with introducing European modernism to America.
    Was an American architect.
    Best known for his modernism and also post modernism works.
    Awards : 1978 - American Institute of Architects gold medal
    1979 - Pritzker Architecture Prize
    First recipient of Pritzker architecture prize.
    In 1941, at the age of 35, Johnson abandoned politics and journalism and
    enrolled in the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he studied with
    Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius.
    In 1941, Johnson designed and actually built his first building, a house still
    existing at 9 Ash Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts
    MODERNISM WORKS POST MODERNISM
    WORKS

     The Glass House The Williams tower,


    Houston
     Seagram building 550 Madison Avenue
     The Johnson building at Boston public library Lipstick building , NYC
     IDS centre , Minneapolis Centre for fine arts
     Sculpture garden of museum of modern art PPG Place
    THE GLASS HOUSE : HIS MASTERPIECE

     Built as a residence for himself.


     Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997
     Inspired by Farnsworth house designed by Ludwig Mies Vander Rohe
     The building is 56 feet (17 m) long, 32 feet (9.8 m) wide and 10½ feet (3.2 m)
    high.
     The kitchen, dining and sleeping areas were all in one glass-enclosed room
     The exterior sides of the Glass House are charcoal-painted steel and glass.
     The interior is open with the space divided by low walnut cabinets
     A brick cylinder contains the bathroom and is the only object to reach floor to
    ceiling.
    GLASS HOUSE
    GLASS HOUSE

     The clear glass panels


    create a series of lively
    reflections, including
    those of the surrounding
    trees, and people
    walking inside or outside
    of the house, layering
    them on top of one
    another creating
    everchanging images
    with each step taken
    around it.
    GLASS HOUSE

     The floor is also made of red brick laid out in a herringbone pattern and is raised
    ten inches off of ground level.
     The only other divisions in the house besides the bathroom are discreetly done
    with low cabinets and bookshelves, making the house a single open room.
     This provides ventilation from all four sides flowing through the house as well as
    ample lighting.
    • His collection of American art was strong in Abstract expressionism, Pop
    Art, Minimalism, Neo-Dada, Color Field, Lyrical Abstraction, and Neo-
    Expressionism

    • He helped refugees from Germany, including Walter Gropius and Ludwig


    Mies van der Rohe, to emigrate and become established in the United
    States

    QUOTE

    • " I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original. As Mies van der
    Rohe said, "I don't want to be original. I want to be good."

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