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Philip Johnson: Early Unsuccesses Shouldn'T Bother Anybody Because It Happens To Absolutely Everybody"
Philip Johnson: Early Unsuccesses Shouldn'T Bother Anybody Because It Happens To Absolutely Everybody"
(1906 2005)
EARLY UNSUCCESSES SHOULDNT BOTHER
ANYBODY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO ABSOLUTELY
EVERYBODY
PHILIP JOHNSON
Born - July 8, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio
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
WORKS
THE PLAZA
The open space in front of
the building to become a
gathering area, became
very popular.
Offered incentives for
developers to install
"privately owned public
spaces.
TRIVIA
The building is the location of The Four Seasons
Restaurant.
Its interiors have been maintained as they were
when it opened in 1959 .
The artist Mark Rothko was famously engaged to
paint a series of works for the restaurant in 1958.
AT&T - 1984
The AT&T Building in
Manhattan, now the Sony
Building, and was immediately
controversial for its neoGeorgian pediment (Chippendale
top). crowning a Manhattan
skyscraper with a shape echoing
a historical wardrobe top defied
every precept of the modernist
aesthetic.
TRANSCO TOWER
HOUSTON,TEXAS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOK100 WORLD TALLEST BUILDING
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