Architect Philip Johnson

January 8, 1906- January 25, 2005

Architect Philip Johnson was an influential

American architect born in Cleveland,Ohio.
He graduated from Harvard Graduate
School Of Design
Won awards like AIA Gold medal(1978)
and Pritzker Prize(1979)

PHILOSPHY
HE BELIEVED THAT ARCHITECTURE IS BASICALLY THE
DESIGN OF INTERIORS AND THE ART OF ORGANIZING
INTERIOR SPACE

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE

HIS GREATEST INFLUENCE AS AN ARCHITECT WAS HIS USE OF GLASS.

JOHNSON WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO EXPERIMENT WITH ALL-GLASS FACADES, AND BY
THE 1980S SUCH BUILDINGS HAD BECOME COMMONPLACE THE WORLD OVER.

HE EVENTUALLY REJECTED MUCH OF THE METALLIC APPEARANCE OF EARLIER

INTERNATIONAL

STYLE

BUILDINGS,

AND

BEGAN

DESIGNING

SPECTACULAR,

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES UNIFORMLY SHEATHED IN GLASS.

WITH THE LATER WORK OF THE 1970S AND 1980S, JOHNSON BEGAN TO MANIPULATE
BOTH TEXTURE AND COLOR ON THE EXTERIOR OF HIS LARGER BUILDINGS.

The Glass House:

His Masterpiece

Built in 1949 as Johnsons primary residence in New Canaan,

Connecticut, United States.
Set in the landscape with views as its real walls
The buildings sides are made of glass and charcoal painted
steel; floor is brink, not flush with ground but sits 10 inches
above
Interior is open separated by low walnut cabinets
A brick cylinder contains the bathroom and is the only object
that goes from floor to ceiling.

PLAN

Glass walls

DETAILS-:Steel frame structure

Wooden block flooring

Chairs designed by
Mies van der rohe

FOUR SEASON
RESTAURANT,
SEAGRAM
BUILDING, N.Y.
(1959)
Architects:Mies van der Rohe +
Philip Johnson
Location:375 Park Avenue, New
York City, USA
Commissioners:Seagram Liquor
Company
Project Year:1954-1958

Johnson collaborated with

Mies van der Rohe to design
the 39-story skyscraper in
1958.

 LOCATED ON FIRST FLOOR OF SEAGRAM BUILDING

THE RESTAURANT COMPRISES OF TWO PUBLIC DINING ROOMS .
TO MATCH EXTERIOR BRONZE CLADDING, INTERIOR COLUMNS ARE FACED IN BRONZE
CURTAINS FORMED FROM NO. OF THIN CHAINS OF ANODIZED ALUMINIUM.
LARGE RECTANGULAR POOL IS LINED WITH MARBLE
HIGH CEILINGS AND HARDWOOD SURFACES

Johnson was instrumental in transforming dogmatic modern

practice into an issue of style, and the status of the architect into
celebrity.

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