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Philip Johnson ’ 27 (’30), B.Arch.’43—the celebrated architect of the former Four Seasons restaurant in Manhattan’s Seagram Building, the AT&T Building (now 550 Madison Avenue), and his own Glass House residence—grew obsessed as an undergraduate by Nietzsche’s vision of super-men who could transcend morality to live life as art.
The Glass House, built between 1949 and 1995 by famed architect Philip Johnson in New Canaan, Connecticut, is one of the nation’s greatest modern architectural landmarks. Inspired by Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, the Glass House’s exterior walls are made of glass with no interior walls, a radical departure from houses of the time.
Oct 7, 2019 · Updated on October 07, 2019. Philip Johnson was a museum director, writer, and, most notably, an architect known for his unconventional designs. His work embraced many influences, from the neoclassicism of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and to the modernism of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Philip Johnson, though having left a great legacy of architectural thought and design, was a true proponent of a capitalist architecture, bereft of a socialist direction. Philip Johnson’s constantly evolving style and his association with numerous architectural and design movements were a clear depiction of his eclectic thoughts and ...
Jan 27, 2005 · Philip Johnson, elder statesman and enfant terrible of American architecture, dies at age of 98; he dies at compound surrounding Glass House, celebrated residence he built for himself in New ...
Philip Johnson was an American architect and critic. He is best known for his works of Modern architecture, including the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, and his works of postmodern architecture, particularly 550 Madison Avenue which was designed for AT&T, and 190 South La Salle Street in Chicago. In 1978, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and in 1979 the ...
Nov 4, 2023 · Philip Johnson (1906-2005) was a prominent American architect who became famous for both his modern and postmodern designs. After finishing his studies of philosophy and classics at Harvard, he first became a curator at the architecture department of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
