Philip Johnson


Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
Birthday
BirthplaceCleveland, Ohio, United States
Died
NationalityAmerican

Johnson, Philip

 

Born July 8, 1906, in Cleveland. American architect. Student and colleague of Mies van der Rohe.

Developing the principles of his teacher, Johnson built a glass home in New Canaan, Conn., in the form of a cube in 1949. He later combined contemporary architectural principles and materials with free stylizations of traditional architectural forms (neo-classical, Gothic, ancient Roman, and Near and Far Eastern medieval styles). Among Johnson’s designs are the Museum of Modern Art (New York, 1951, 1965), the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art (Fort Worth, 1961), the dome of a nuclear reactor (Israel, 1960), and the State Theater at Lincoln Center (New York, 1964).

REFERENCE

Jacobus, J. Philip Johnson. London-New York, 1962.