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Philip Johnson.

Inaugural Winner of The Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1979. He was recognized for his imagination and vitality embodied in a myriad of buildings and designs.

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Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.
— Spiro Kostof

Philip Johnson Interviewed By Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel For The Television Program American Architecture Now, circa 1984.

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.

Also:

  • The postmodern 550 Madison Avenue in New York, designed for AT&T.

  • 190 South La Salle Street in Chicago.

  • The Sculpture Garden of the Museum of Modern Art.

  • And the Pre-Columbian Pavilion at Dumbarton Oaks.

In his obituary in 2005, The New York Times wrote that his works "were widely considered among the architectural masterpieces of the 20th century."

The Glass House or Johnson house is a historic house museum on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut, built in 1948–49.

It was designed by architect Philip Johnson as his own residence.

It has been called his "signature work".

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© Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University @ fair use

This program is part of the Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University.

For further information, visit the collection guide:

https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/bdiamonav

Wikipedia: @ fair use

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Johnson

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