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Philip Johnson: BORN: July 8, 1906 DIED: January 25, 2005

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Philip Johnson was an American architect who was influential in the International Style and Postmodern movements. Some of his most notable works included the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut and the Seagram Building in New York City. Johnson studied under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and helped introduce the International Style to American audiences through exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art. He received several honors over his career, including the first Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1979.

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Philip Johnson was an American architect who was influential in the International Style and Postmodern movements. Some of his most notable works included the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut and the Seagram Building in New York City. Johnson studied under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and helped introduce the International Style to American audiences through exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art. He received several honors over his career, including the first Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1979.

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Philip Johnson was an American architect who was influential in the International Style and Postmodern movements. Some of his most notable works included the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut and the Seagram Building in New York City. Johnson studied under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and helped introduce the International Style to American audiences through exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art. He received several honors over his career, including the first Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1979.

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PHILIP JOHNSON

BORN: July 8, 1906


DIED: January 25, 2005
• He was a recognizable figure in
American architecture for decades
• Influenced by Mies Van der Rohe.

• 1946- Founded the Department of


Architecture and Design at MOMA
• 1978- As a trustee, he was awarded
an American Institute of Architects
Gold Medal.

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• Attended the Hackley School, in Tarrytown, New
York.
• Studied at Harvard as an undergraduate, in history
and philosophy.
• In 1928 met Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
• They formed a lifetime relationship of both
collaboration and competition.
• Philip Johnson and Henry Russell Hitchcock
mounted their landmark exhibition “The
International Style”.
• He characterized the use of modern materials such as
glass and steel, emphasizing the function and
structure over ornamental decoration.
• During the Great Depression in 1934, he tried his
hand at journalism and politics.
• To study architecture, he joined “Harvard School of
Design” and graduated with a “B.Arch.” in 1943.

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• He won the first Pritzker
Architecture Prize for lifetime
achievement. The Pritzker
Architecture Prize was established in
1979 for the purpose of encouraging
greater awareness of the way people
perceive and interact with their
surroundings.
• Received a gold medal from the
American Institute of Architecture.
• He received the Golden Plate Award
of the American Academy of
Achievement.

Architecture is the arrangement of


space for excitement
-Philip Johnson

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MAJOR PROJECTS:

Seagram Building, Johnson’s AT&T Crystal Cathedral, Garden Lipstick Building, Dallas Chapel of St. Basil,
Manhattan, New Building (now Grove, California, United Manhattan, New Thanksgiving the University of
York City, United known as the States (1980) York City, United Square, Dallas, St. Thomas,
States (1956) Sony Tower), States (1986) Texas, United Houston, Texas,
550 Madison States (1976) United States
Avenue, (1977)
Manhattan, New
York City,
United States
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GLASS HOUSE
L O C AT I O N : N e w C a n a a n , C o n n e c t i c u t ,
United states
• The glass house or Johnson house, built in 1949, was an
important project for modern architecture.
• It was also the place of Philip Johnson's passing in
January of 2005.
• The house is located behind a stone wall on ponus ridge
road in new Canaan, and is mostly hidden from the
publics view.
• The building is an essay in minimal structure, geometry,
proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection.

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The plan view of the Glass House is The Glass House had no exterior The glass house was a platform for
very close to golden section walls viewing nature.
proportion.

• Due to the ceiling opaque and transparent walls of the house of


glass, visitors will have the wonderful feeling of being
permanently under one roof, but never found inside a building.
• The transparency of the material allows the landscape element
that is virtually built the image inside the house.

Fireplace is enclosed in a brick cylinder.


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SEAGRAM BUILDING
L O C AT I O N : 3 7 5 P a r k A v e n u e ,   N e w Yo r k ,
United States
• The Seagram Building is a skyscraper
• The structure was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
while the lobby and other internal aspects were designed by
Philip Johnson
• The building stands 515 feet tall with 38 stories, and was
completed in 1958.
• It was designed as the headquarters for the Canadian
distillers Joseph E. Seagram's & Sons
• Its structure, and the international style in which it was built,
had enormous influences on American architecture.
• The building used 1,500 tons of bronze in its construction.

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Special I double profiles have been added at both ends of the outer
wing edges outgoing to generate a subtle emphasis of shape.

Interesting feature of the Seagram Building is the window blinds.


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TAKEWAY :

• Most of his constructions were been


characterised by use of modern
materials as glass and steel, and
emphasizing function and structure
over ornamental decoration.
• He is a thorough learner and is keen to
explore through the forms
• He promoted international style that has
became an influencing part.
• Philip Johnson is best known for being
a skilled architect and critic who
promoted the international style of
architecture and played a major role in
defining postmodernist architecture.
THANK YOU

M. Shreya
20091AA060

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