Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the postmodern 550 Madison Avenue in New York City, designed for AT&T; 190 South La Salle Street in Chicago; IDS Tower in downtown Minneapolis; the Sculpture Garden of New York City's Museum of Modern Art; and the Pre-Columbian Pavilion at Dumbarton Oaks. His January 2005 obituary in The New York Times described his works as being "widely considered among the architectural masterpieces of the 20th century".
Background
- Born in
- Cleveland
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityHarvard Graduate School of DesignHackley School
- Awards
- 🏆 Pritzker Architecture Prize🏆 National Medal of Arts🏆 AIA Gold Medal🏆 AIGA Medal🏆 Golden Plate Award
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1906
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Birth2005
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