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Philip Cortelyou Johnson , more known under the name of Philip Johnson , (born the July 8th 1906 with Cleveland, Ohio - died the January 25th 2005 with New Canaan, Connecticut) was a American Architecte considered as one of the major figures of the Modern architecture, then Postmodernisme, and which played, throughout its long career, a role of precursor in the evolution of contemporary architectural art. Its talent was recognized by attribution - in 1979 - Prix Pritzker, of which he was the first prize winner.

Biography

Philip Johnson made studies of Philologie to the Havard University of Cambridge. It started to be interested in the Architecture as a criticism of architecture and director of the Architecture department of the Museum off Modern Art of 1930 with 1936. For the period when it was with the MOMA, it organized a famous exposure on “ the international Style: architecture since 1922 ”, and published a catalog which referred. It left this station in 1936 on the councils of Frank Lloyd Wright to devote itself to architecture.

In addition, Philip Johnson militated a time in the mediums of extreme-right-hand side while trying to create a left fascistic American before the Second world war, but it helped nevertheless Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to flee the Germany. It is only in 1940, that it decides to undertake studies of architecture near Masters like Walter Gropius or Marcel Breuer. It began its first achievements during the Second world war, and defended the idea visionary of “house of glass” ( Glass House ), of the international Style. He collaborated with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and carried out mainly Gratte-ciel.

In a interwiew in 1965, Philip Johnson defines the Architecture like “ art to organize interior space ”. Starting from 1970, it worked narrowly with its associate John Burgee and posterior works on this date are common to both architects.

Philip Johnson was certainly one of the most creative Architecte S of second half of the 20th century. In perpetual research to produce an architecture innovating, after having been one of the leaders of the modernistic movement, it also played a great part in the introduction of the Postmodernisme and the Déconstructivisme into the Architecture. It contributed to formulate new ideas and to explore new directions, influencing the evolution of the design and the Contemporary architecture around the world.

It agreed to speak about its homosexuality towards the end of its life.

Principal achievements

Among the principal achievements of Philip Johnson, one can quote the following ones, by chronological order (all achievements located at the the United States, except contrary mention):

Price

  • 1979 : Price Pritzker.

See too

External bonds

  1. photo Gallery of the Price Pritzker
  2. site (in English) of its cabinet of architecture
  3. Philip Johnson on Structurae
  4. Philip Johnson on Archiguide
  5. Philip Johnson on Galinsky
  6. Biography of Philip Johnson on the site of the '' Cathedral off Hope '' of Dallas
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