Philip Johnson
- Introduction
- Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, and postmodern 550 Madison Avenue in New York, 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 first Pritzker Architecture Prize.
- Wikidata
- Q183528
- Introduction
- Johnson studied at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1923-1930 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1940-1943. He was in professional partnership with Richard Foster (New York, 1964-1967) and John Burgee (New York 1967-1991). Johnson was the director at the Department of Architecture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1930-1936 and 1946-1954, and he was a trustee at the Museum of Modern Art starting in 1958. American architect and author.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Architect, Art Critic, Critic, Client, Collector
- Names
- Philip Johnson, Philip Cortelyou Johnson
- Ulan
- 500014481
Exhibitions
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Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern
Mar 17–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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194X–9/11: American Architects and the City
Jul 1, 2011–Jan 2, 2012
MoMA
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Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
Nov 20, 2004–Nov 7, 2005
MoMA
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Young Architects Program 1999: Philip Johnson
Jun 20–Aug 30, 1999
MoMA PS1
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Three New Skyscrapers
Jan 27–Mar 29, 1983
MoMA
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Philip Johnson has
16 exhibitionsonline.
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Philip Johnson, Richard Kelly Floor Lamp 1950
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Kahn & Jacobs Seagram Building, New York City, New York, South and east elevation 1956
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Kahn & Jacobs Seagram Building, New York City, New York, Details of block partition connecting exterior columns and mullions, sections 1957
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Kahn & Jacobs Seagram Building, New York City, New York, Site and floor plans c. 1954-58
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Kahn & Jacobs Seagram Building, New York City, New York (Floor plan) 1954–1958
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Kahn & Jacobs Seagram Building, New York City, New York, (North and west elevations) 1957
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Kahn & Jacobs Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Office Building, New York, New York 1954-58
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Philip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut 1947-1949
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Philip Johnson, Alan Ritchie The Habitable Sculpture project, New York, NY 2001
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Manuel Toscano, Nereo Zago, Philip Johnson, Antonio Nino Vendome Be a Friend to Art... 2001
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Philip Johnson, Alan Ritchie Habitable Sculpture, project, New York, New York, Perspective 2003
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Philip Johnson, Alan Ritchie Habitable Sculpture, project, New York, New York, Two perspective sketches 2003
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Philip Johnson, Alan Ritchie Habitable Sculpture, project, New York, New York, Exterior perspective 2003
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