Philip johnson

Mies’s masterpiece might never have towered over NYC, had Johnson not put in some skillful, social groundwork

In the late 1940s architect Philip Johnson distilled the principles of modernism into a residence of radical simplicity

Image 1 of 6 from gallery of Iconic Architects Photoshopped "Giving the Finger" in Support of Frank Gehry. Philip Johnson . Image Courtesy of Supporting Frank Owen Gehry

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Philip Johnson and John Burgee AT&T Corporate Headquarters New York 1980

Originally designed for American communications giant AT&T, Philip Johnson and John Burgee's Postmodern skyscraper was the first of its kind.

Nikil Saval writes about the twentieth-century architect Philip Johnson, who is the subject of “The Man in the Glass House,” a new biography written by Mark Lamster.

Exploring the reasons why we demolish buildings and how we can rethink design longevity and lifecycles