The architecture of Philip Johnson. foreword, Philip Johnson ; photography, Richard Payne ; essay, Hilary Lewis ; text, Stephen Fox. txt

Por:

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005

Colaborador(es):

Fox, Stephen

Idioma: Español Boston : Bulfinch Press , 2002Edición: 1st editionDescripción: 330 p. ill. ;col. ;photo. ; 35 cmTipo de contenido:

text

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unmediaded

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0821227882
9780821227886

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22 720.92

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NA737.J6 A4 2002

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No rules, just art. Hilary Lewis -- Phillip JohnsonHouse. 9 Ash Street Cambridge MA. 1942 Philip Johnson with S. Clements Horsley -- Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Booth House. Bedford Village NY. 1946 Philip C. Johnson -- Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Farney House. Sagaponack NY. 1947 Philip C. Johnson -- Glass House. New Canaan -- Guest House. New Canaan CT. 1949 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Guest House Interior Alterations. New Canaan CT. 1953 Philip Johnson -- Pavilion. New Canaan CT. 1962 Philip Johnson Associates -- Painting Gallery. New Canaan CT. 1965 Philip Johnson -- Sculpture Gallery. New Canaan CT. 1970 Philip Johnson -- Library/Study. New Canaan CT. 1980 Philip Johnson -- Ghost House. New Canaan CT. 1984 Philip Johnson -- Lincoln Kirstein Tower. New Canaan CT. 1985 Philip Johnson -- Gate House -- Mr. and Mrs. G.E Paine, Jr., House. Wellsboro NY. 1949 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Mr. and Mrs. John de Menil House. 3363 San Felipe Road Houston TX. 1950 Philip C. Johnson Associates WITH Landis Gores and Cowell & Neuhaus -- Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Guest House. 242 East Fifty-second Street New York NY. 1950 Philip C. Johnson with Landis Gores and Frederick C. Genz -- Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hodgson House. Ponus Ridge Road New Canaan CT. 1951 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Landis Gores. 1956 Addition Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Jr., House. Madison CT. 1952 alterations and additions Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Mr. and Mrs. George c. Oneto House. Irvington-on-Hudson NY. 1951 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Landis Gores -- Schlumberger Administration Building. Schlumberger-Doll Research Center. Old Quarry Road. Ridgefield CT. 1952 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Mrs. Alice Ball House. Oenoke Avenue New Canaan CT. 1953 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden -- East Wing, Garden Wing, Remodeled Sculpture Garden, And Upper Terrace. The Museum of Modern Art New York NY. 1964 Philip Johnson Associates. 1984 altered -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wiley House. Sleepy Hollow Road New Canaan CT. 1953 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Davis House. 1780 Shoreline Drive Wayzata MN. 1954 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Magney, Tussler & Setter -- Meteor Crater Pavilion. Barringer Meteor Crater. Interstate 40 between Winslow and Flagstaff Coconino County AZ. 1956 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Mr. and Mrs. Eric H. Boissonnas House. Logan Road New Canaan CT. 1956 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel Synagogue. 575 King Street Port Chester NY. 1956 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Leonhardt House. Lloyd’s Neck NY. 1956 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Master Plan University of St. Thomas; Strake Hall, Jones Hall, and Welder Hall. 3812-3900 Yoakum Boulevard Houston TX. 1957-59 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Bolton & Barnstone -- Harvey Residence Hall. Seton Hill College Seton Hill Drive Greensburg PA. 1957 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- Asia House. 112 East Sixty-fourth Street New York NY. 1959 Philip C. Johnson Associates -- The Four Seasons -- Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. 310 Genesee Street Utica NY. 1960 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Bice & Baird -- Roofless Church. North Street New Harmony IN. 1960 Philip Johnson Associates -- Taylor Hall, Garrison Hall, and Rothschild Hall. Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY. 1960 Philip Johnson Associates -- Computing Laboratory. Brown University 180 George Street Providence RI. 1961 Philip Johnson Associates with Conrad Green -- Amon Carter Museum of Western Art (Now The Amon Carter Museum). 3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard Fort Worth TX. 1961 Philip Johnson Associates with Joseph R. Pelich. 1964 addition, Joseph R. Pelich with Philip Johnson Associates; demolished 1999. 1977 addition, Johnson/Burgee Architects; demolished 1999 -- Museum for The Robert Wood Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Dumbarton Oaks 1703 Thirty-second Street, N.W. Washington DC. 1963 Philip Johnson Associates -- Monastery Wing, St. Anselm’s Abbey. 4501 South Dakota Avenue, N.E. Washington DC. 1963 Philip Johnson Associates -- Radio WRVA Studio. 200 North Twenty-second Street Richmond VA. 1968 Budina & Freeman; Philip Johnson, consulting architect -- Shelton Memorial Art Gallery -- Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Beck, Jr., House. 10210 Strait Lane Dallas TX. 1964 Philip Johnson Associates -- Mr. and Mrs. Eric H. Boissonnas House. Cap Benat Cote d’Azur France. 1964 Philip Johnson Associates New York State Theater -- New York State Pavilion. 1964-1965 world’s Fair Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens NY. 1964 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster. 1982 interior renovation Johnson/Burgee Architects -- Epidemiology and Public Health Building. Yale University 50 College Street New Haven CT. 1964 Philip Johnson and The Office of Douglas Orr -- Mr. and Mrs. James Geier House. 9100 Kugler Mill Road Cincinnati OH. 1965 Philip Johnson -- Kline Biology Tower. Yale University Sachem Street New Haven CT. 1965 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster -- Kline Geology Laboratory. Yale University 210 Whitney Avenue. New Haven CT. 1964 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster -- Kline Chemistry Laboratory. Yale University Prospect Street New Haven CT. 1965 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster -- Henry L. Moses Institute, Montefiore Hospital (now Montefiore Medical Center). 111 East Two Hundred Tenth Street The Bronx NY. 1965 Philip Johnson -- Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Artur-Ladebeck-StraBe 5 Bielefeld Germany. 1968 Philip Johnson with architekt Professor Kasar F. Pinnau -- Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd Kreeger House (Now Kreeger Museum). 2401 Foxhall Road, N.W. Washington DC. 1968 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster -- John F. Kennedy Memorial. 600 Main Street Dallas TX. 1970 Philip Johnson -- Albert and Vera List Art Building. Brown University 64 College Street Providence RI. 1971 Philip Johnson with Samuel Glaser & Partners -- The Art Museum of South Texas. 1902 North Shoreline Drive Corpus Christi TX. 1972 Philip Johnson and John Burgee with Howard Barnstone and Eugene Aubry -- Burden Hall. Harvard Business School Harvard University Soldiers Field Boston MA. 1972 Philip Johnson and John Burgee -- Roy R. Neuberger Museum of Art. State University of New York, Purchase 735 Anderson Hill Road Purchase NY. 1972 Philip Johnson and John Burgee -- Tisch Hall. New York University 40 West Fourth Street New York NY. 1972 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster -- Façade of Andre and Bella Meyer Physics Hall. New York University 4 Washington Place New York NY. 1972 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster -- Hagop Kervorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. New York University 50 Washington Square South New York NY. 1973 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster -- Elmer Homes Bobst Library. New York University 70 Washington Square South New York NY. 1972 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster -- IDS Center. 80 Eight Street South Minneapolis MN. 1973 Philip Johnson and John Burgee and Edward F. Baker Associates -- Boston Public Library Addition -- Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center -- Fort Worth Water Garden -- Morningside House -- One Post Oak Central -- Two Post Oak Central -- Three Post Oak Central -- Avery Fischer Hall Interior -- Pennzoil Place -- Century Center -- General American Life Insurance Company Building -- Thanks-Giving Square -- Fine Arts Center (Now Dorothy and Dexter Baker Center for the Arts) -- 80 field Point Road Building -- Façade of 1001 Fifth Avenue -- Terrace Theater -- Façade of Marshall Field & Company (Now Saks Fifth Avenue) -- Crystal Cathedral -- Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts -- One Sugarland Office Park -- 101 California Street Building -- Peoria Civic Center -- Neiman Marcus -- Transco Tower and Water Wall (Now Williams Tower) -- New Cleveland Play House -- United Bank of Colorado Tower and Plaza (Now Wells Fargo Center) -- Republicbank Center (Now Bank of America Center) -- PPG Place -- Dade County Cultural Center (Now Metro-Dade Cultural Center in Miami) -- AT&T Building (Now Sony Plaza) -- 580 California Building -- Five Hundred Boylston Street Building -- Architecture Building -- 53rd at Third Building (Lipstick Building) -- The Crescent -- Two Federal Reserve Plaza -- Tycon Tower -- 190 South La Salle Street Building -- One Atlantic Center -- Monument Place (Now Bank One Center) -- One International Place, Fort Hill Square -- Two International Place, Fort Hill Square -- Franklin Square -- 343 Sansome Street -- Comerica Tower at Detroit Center -- 191 Peachtree Tower -- Canadian Broadcasting Centre -- Science and Engineering Library -- Mathematics Tower -- William S. Paley Building, Museum of Television and Radio -- Celebration Town Hall -- Aegon Center -- Puerta de Europa -- Millennia Walk -- Philip-Johnson-Haus -- Chapel of St. Basil -- Trump International Tower and Hotel -- Trump Place -- Turning Point -- Time Sculpture -- First Union Plaza -- John Thomas Memorial Aids Bell Wall -- DDC Domus Design Collection -- The Trylons at Chrysler Center -- Amon Carter Museum Addition --

Resumen: With a foreword by Johnson himself, an essay by his biographer Hilary Lewis, and nearly 400 color and black-and-white photographs accompanied by detailed building descriptions presented in chronological order, this is the book on Philip Johnson's architecture. The photographs were taken by Richard Payne, one of Johnson's personal photographers, who set out to document all extant buildings designed by this most celebrated visionary. Johnson has produced a life's work full of surprises and groundbreaking ideas that have shaped the way we live, work, and play, from the sculpture garden at New York's Museum of Modern Art to his famous Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. This oversized volume will appeal to anyone interested in architecture of the twentieth century.

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Philip Johnson's imprint is indelibly stamped on cities across America. From New York's AT&T (now Sony) Building to his famous Glass House in Connecticut, Johnson's innovative designs and widespead influence have made him the undisputed dean of 20th-century architecture.

With a foreword by Johnson himself, an essay by his biographer Hilary Lewis, and over 400 color photographs accompanied by detailed building descriptions, this is the book on Philip Johnson's architecture. The photographs were taken by Richard Payne, one of Johnson's personal photographers, who set out to document all extant buildings designed by this celebrated visionary. Johnson has produced a life's work full of surprises and groundbreaking ideas that have shaped the way we live, work, and play.

Include Bibliography

No rules, just art. Hilary Lewis --
Phillip JohnsonHouse. 9 Ash Street Cambridge MA. 1942 Philip Johnson with S. Clements Horsley --
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Booth House. Bedford Village NY. 1946 Philip C. Johnson --
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Farney House. Sagaponack NY. 1947 Philip C. Johnson --
Glass House. New Canaan --
Guest House. New Canaan CT. 1949 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Guest House Interior Alterations. New Canaan CT. 1953 Philip Johnson --
Pavilion. New Canaan CT. 1962 Philip Johnson Associates --
Painting Gallery. New Canaan CT. 1965 Philip Johnson --
Sculpture Gallery. New Canaan CT. 1970 Philip Johnson --
Library/Study. New Canaan CT. 1980 Philip Johnson --
Ghost House. New Canaan CT. 1984 Philip Johnson --
Lincoln Kirstein Tower. New Canaan CT. 1985 Philip Johnson --
Gate House --
Mr. and Mrs. G.E Paine, Jr., House. Wellsboro NY. 1949 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Mr. and Mrs. John de Menil House. 3363 San Felipe Road Houston TX. 1950 Philip C. Johnson Associates WITH Landis Gores and Cowell & Neuhaus --
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Guest House. 242 East Fifty-second Street New York NY. 1950 Philip C. Johnson with Landis Gores and Frederick C. Genz --
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hodgson House. Ponus Ridge Road New Canaan CT. 1951 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Landis Gores. 1956 Addition Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Jr., House. Madison CT. 1952 alterations and additions Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Mr. and Mrs. George c. Oneto House. Irvington-on-Hudson NY. 1951 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Landis Gores --
Schlumberger Administration Building. Schlumberger-Doll Research Center. Old Quarry Road. Ridgefield CT. 1952 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Mrs. Alice Ball House. Oenoke Avenue New Canaan CT. 1953 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden --
East Wing, Garden Wing, Remodeled Sculpture Garden, And Upper Terrace. The Museum of Modern Art New York NY. 1964 Philip Johnson Associates. 1984 altered --
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wiley House. Sleepy Hollow Road New Canaan CT. 1953 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Davis House. 1780 Shoreline Drive Wayzata MN. 1954 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Magney, Tussler & Setter --
Meteor Crater Pavilion. Barringer Meteor Crater. Interstate 40 between Winslow and Flagstaff Coconino County AZ. 1956 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Mr. and Mrs. Eric H. Boissonnas House. Logan Road New Canaan CT. 1956 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel Synagogue. 575 King Street Port Chester NY. 1956 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Leonhardt House. Lloyd’s Neck NY. 1956 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Master Plan University of St. Thomas; Strake Hall, Jones Hall, and Welder Hall. 3812-3900 Yoakum Boulevard Houston TX. 1957-59 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Bolton & Barnstone --
Harvey Residence Hall. Seton Hill College Seton Hill Drive Greensburg PA. 1957 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
Asia House. 112 East Sixty-fourth Street New York NY. 1959 Philip C. Johnson Associates --
The Four Seasons --
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. 310 Genesee Street Utica NY. 1960 Philip C. Johnson Associates with Bice & Baird --
Roofless Church. North Street New Harmony IN. 1960 Philip Johnson Associates --
Taylor Hall, Garrison Hall, and Rothschild Hall. Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY. 1960 Philip Johnson Associates --
Computing Laboratory. Brown University 180 George Street Providence RI. 1961 Philip Johnson Associates with Conrad Green --
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art (Now The Amon Carter Museum). 3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard Fort Worth TX. 1961 Philip Johnson Associates with Joseph R. Pelich. 1964 addition, Joseph R. Pelich with Philip Johnson Associates; demolished 1999. 1977 addition, Johnson/Burgee Architects; demolished 1999 --
Museum for The Robert Wood Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Dumbarton Oaks 1703 Thirty-second Street, N.W. Washington DC. 1963 Philip Johnson Associates --
Monastery Wing, St. Anselm’s Abbey. 4501 South Dakota Avenue, N.E. Washington DC. 1963 Philip Johnson Associates --
Radio WRVA Studio. 200 North Twenty-second Street Richmond VA. 1968 Budina & Freeman; Philip Johnson, consulting architect --
Shelton Memorial Art Gallery --
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Beck, Jr., House. 10210 Strait Lane Dallas TX. 1964 Philip Johnson Associates --
Mr. and Mrs. Eric H. Boissonnas House. Cap Benat Cote d’Azur France. 1964 Philip Johnson Associates New York State Theater --
New York State Pavilion. 1964-1965 world’s Fair Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens NY. 1964 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster. 1982 interior renovation Johnson/Burgee Architects --
Epidemiology and Public Health Building. Yale University 50 College Street New Haven CT. 1964 Philip Johnson and The Office of Douglas Orr --
Mr. and Mrs. James Geier House. 9100 Kugler Mill Road Cincinnati OH. 1965 Philip Johnson --
Kline Biology Tower. Yale University Sachem Street New Haven CT. 1965 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster --
Kline Geology Laboratory. Yale University 210 Whitney Avenue. New Haven CT. 1964 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster --
Kline Chemistry Laboratory. Yale University Prospect Street New Haven CT. 1965 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster --
Henry L. Moses Institute, Montefiore Hospital (now Montefiore Medical Center). 111 East Two Hundred Tenth Street The Bronx NY. 1965 Philip Johnson --
Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Artur-Ladebeck-StraBe 5 Bielefeld Germany. 1968 Philip Johnson with architekt Professor Kasar F. Pinnau --
Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd Kreeger House (Now Kreeger Museum). 2401 Foxhall Road, N.W. Washington DC. 1968 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster --
John F. Kennedy Memorial. 600 Main Street Dallas TX. 1970 Philip Johnson --
Albert and Vera List Art Building. Brown University 64 College Street Providence RI. 1971 Philip Johnson with Samuel Glaser & Partners --
The Art Museum of South Texas. 1902 North Shoreline Drive Corpus Christi TX. 1972 Philip Johnson and John Burgee with Howard Barnstone and Eugene Aubry --
Burden Hall. Harvard Business School Harvard University Soldiers Field Boston MA. 1972 Philip Johnson and John Burgee --
Roy R. Neuberger Museum of Art. State University of New York, Purchase 735 Anderson Hill Road Purchase NY. 1972 Philip Johnson and John Burgee --
Tisch Hall. New York University 40 West Fourth Street New York NY. 1972 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster --
Façade of Andre and Bella Meyer Physics Hall. New York University 4 Washington Place New York NY. 1972 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster --
Hagop Kervorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. New York University 50 Washington Square South New York NY. 1973 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster --
Elmer Homes Bobst Library. New York University 70 Washington Square South New York NY. 1972 Philip Johnson and Richard Foster --
IDS Center. 80 Eight Street South Minneapolis MN. 1973 Philip Johnson and John Burgee and Edward F. Baker Associates --
Boston Public Library Addition --
Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center --
Fort Worth Water Garden --
Morningside House --
One Post Oak Central --
Two Post Oak Central --
Three Post Oak Central --
Avery Fischer Hall Interior --
Pennzoil Place --
Century Center --
General American Life Insurance Company Building --
Thanks-Giving Square --
Fine Arts Center (Now Dorothy and Dexter Baker Center for the Arts) --
80 field Point Road Building --
Façade of 1001 Fifth Avenue --
Terrace Theater --
Façade of Marshall Field & Company (Now Saks Fifth Avenue) --
Crystal Cathedral --
Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts --
One Sugarland Office Park --
101 California Street Building --
Peoria Civic Center --
Neiman Marcus --
Transco Tower and Water Wall (Now Williams Tower) --
New Cleveland Play House --
United Bank of Colorado Tower and Plaza (Now Wells Fargo Center) --
Republicbank Center (Now Bank of America Center) --
PPG Place --
Dade County Cultural Center (Now Metro-Dade Cultural Center in Miami) --
AT&T Building (Now Sony Plaza) --
580 California Building --
Five Hundred Boylston Street Building --
Architecture Building --
53rd at Third Building (Lipstick Building) --
The Crescent --
Two Federal Reserve Plaza --
Tycon Tower --
190 South La Salle Street Building --
One Atlantic Center --
Monument Place (Now Bank One Center) --
One International Place, Fort Hill Square --
Two International Place, Fort Hill Square --
Franklin Square --
343 Sansome Street --
Comerica Tower at Detroit Center --
191 Peachtree Tower --
Canadian Broadcasting Centre --
Science and Engineering Library --
Mathematics Tower --
William S. Paley Building, Museum of Television and Radio --
Celebration Town Hall --
Aegon Center --
Puerta de Europa --
Millennia Walk --
Philip-Johnson-Haus --
Chapel of St. Basil --
Trump International Tower and Hotel --
Trump Place --
Turning Point --
Time Sculpture --
First Union Plaza --
John Thomas Memorial Aids Bell Wall --
DDC Domus Design Collection --
The Trylons at Chrysler Center --
Amon Carter Museum Addition --

With a foreword by Johnson himself, an essay by his biographer Hilary Lewis, and nearly 400 color and black-and-white photographs accompanied by detailed building descriptions presented in chronological order, this is the book on Philip Johnson's architecture. The photographs were taken by Richard Payne, one of Johnson's personal photographers, who set out to document all extant buildings designed by this most celebrated visionary.
Johnson has produced a life's work full of surprises and groundbreaking ideas that have shaped the way we live, work, and play, from the sculpture garden at New York's Museum of Modern Art to his famous Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. This oversized volume will appeal to anyone interested in architecture of the twentieth century.

Extracto provisto por Syndetics

It is embarrassing to see all the buildings I have ever built stretched out in one book like this. I had no idea I'd built so many buildings. I couldn't say (as I would like to) that this one's good and this one's bad. Like all architects, I am only interested in my next building. What did happen as I went through this book is that by leaving out the obvious (my own house and other well-known structures), several buildings struck me as worth a remark. Technically the MoMA Sculpture Garden is landscape architecture, but it is organized as an architecturally arranged room. It is interesting to me to walk through the sequence of "rooms" to view the sculptures. In the reconstruction of the MoMA beginning in 2001, the garden was destroyed. It will, however, we trust, be rebuilt. The Museum Building at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica is one of my best plans - in fact, one of my best buildings. Clear plan and good materials (granite and bronze). The Nuclear Reactor in Rehovat, Israel, is my temple in the desert. Again the clear plan, with an inner courtyard. The warped panels covering the actual reactor sphere are a feature I have used very often in my later work, right up to the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, which is still on the boards. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery is a calm repetition of symmetrically placed arcuated features. The nine arches are identical, except that the center three are glass. Simple to the point of repetition, but clear and successful. The New York State Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair is now a ruin. In a way, the ruin is even more haunting than the original structure. There ought to be a university course in the pleasure of ruins. The Kline Tower at Yale dominates its part of the campus by its size and site. It is known as my "Tootsie Roll Building" because of the cylindrical columns that emphasize each of its main facades. I have always had a weakness for round or curved surfaces. They catch light so much better than square or right-angle corners. The RepublicBank (now Bank of America Center) in Houston was designed in a style reminiscent of Dutch Baroque gables. It makes a much less boring tower than the usual block. The "Lipstick Building" is a nickname that stuck for my tower at 53rd Street on Third Avenue. What a thrill to drive through the streets of New York and find this relief from the square plan of the normal office tower. The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston was the only building in my career that I unashamedly copied from another architect, Claude-Nicholas Ledoux, an eighteenth-century French genius. His building was also an educational structure. I changed a few little things along the way. PHILIP JOHNSON New Canaan, CT (Continues...) Excerpted from The Architecture of Philip Johnson by Hilary Lewis, Philip Johnson, Richard Payne Copyright © 2002 by Philip Johnson Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Library Journal Review

This retrospective of Philip Johnson's (b. 1906) architectural work is a tribute to his thinking and a tour of how his ideas became buildings. Johnson filled in some of the architectural blanks of the 20th century by combining his originality with brilliant reference points and designing dozens of structures as the enduring legacy of his elegant and careful imagination. Though dominated by his massive commercial structures, the book includes exceptional photographs of his New Canaan, CT, property the best I have seen. The Glass House and the other small, sophisticated homes and studios he has crafted become sculptures as they are lovingly photographed by Johnson's principal photographer, Payne, in different seasons and light. Architectural historian Lewis contributes an essay, Fox (Houston Architectural Guide) provides the descriptive text, and the architect himself provides the foreword. In a plainspoken, bluntly honest self-assessment, Johnson goes after his own failures and modestly enjoys his successes. He is remarkably objective about his creations, clearly caring about the work and the responsibility of an architect. This book, by its scale, exceptional photography, spare text, and images of Johnson's wonderful buildings, honors his career. Recommended. David Bryant, New Canaan P.L., CT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

"It is embarrassing to see all the buildings I have ever built stretched out in one book like this," writes Johnson in his preface to this catalogue raisonn of his built work, covering 60 years and vast amounts of square footage. He might not be kidding: in addition to such indisputable, familiar masterpieces as Glass House (Johnson's New Canaan weekend house on 50 acres, completed in 1942 and complemented with other buildings over the years), the MoMA sculpture garden, the "notched" AT&T Building (now Sony Plaza) and the Four Seasons restaurant, there are quite a few less distinguished glass boxes here, many of them built for Texas oil companies. All of Johnson's buildings have been lovingly photographed by Richard Payne (described on the flap as "one of Johnson's personal photographers,"), and many of the 390 four-color and b&w shots take up entire 11" 13" pages. The scale is appropriate: Johnson's corporate work, particularly, needs to be given due scale so readers can appreciate the magnitude of their thrust and, often, odd beauty. Some of the truly giant reflective towers (IDS Center, Transco Tower and Water Wall, Pennzoil Place) may suck up all the air and space around them, but they do it with a wink. An introduction by Hilary Lewis, an architectural historian who has "worked with" Johnson on publications for the last decade, outlines the sweep of Johnson's career, while Stephen Fox (Houston Architectural Guide) provides histories and descriptions of each building. Despite his being a major purveyor the '70s and '80s monolithic impulse (such as the grim Post Oak Central complex in Houston), it's nearly impossible to dislike Johnson or his work; for every taunting propulsion, there is inkling of whimsy, as in the red, impossibly curved Gate House recently added to the New Canaan complex. (Sept. 14) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Philip Johnson served as the first Director of Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in 1932. In the seven decades since then, Johnson has designed some of America's landmarks, most notably his own home, the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.

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