Johnson, Philip (1906 - 2005) [sv]

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) 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; the Sculpture Garden of the Museum of Modern Art; and the Pre-Columbian Pavilion at Dumbarton Oaks. In his obituary, The New York Times wrote in January 2005 that his works "were widely considered among the architectural masterpieces of the 20th century."

In 1930, Johnson became the first director of the architecture department of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. There he arranged for visits by Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier and negotiated the first American commission for Mies van der Rohe, after he fled Nazi Germany. In 1932, he organized the first exhibition on modern architecture at the Museum of Modern Art.

In 1934, Johnson resigned his position at the museum, and, as The New York Times reported in his obituary, "took a bizarre and, he later conceded, deeply mistaken detour into right-wing politics, suspending his career to work on behalf of Gov. Huey P. Long of Louisiana and later the radio priest Father Charles Coughlin, and expressing more than passing admiration for Hitler." In 1941, as the war approached, Johnson abruptly quit Coughlin's newspaper and journalism. He was investigated by the FBI, and was eventually cleared for military service. Years later he would refer to these activities as "the stupidest thing I ever did [which] I never can atone for".

In 1978, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal. In 1979, he was the first recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Today his skyscrapers are prominent features in the skylines of New York, Houston, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Madrid, and other cities.

Philip Johnson (8. juuli 1906 Cleveland – 25. jaanuar 2005 New Canaan, Fairfieldi maakond) oli ameerika arhitekt. Elas 98-aastaseks.

Johnson viljeles peamiselt modernistlikku ja postmodernistlikku arhitektuuristiili. Tema tuntumaid projekte on New Canaanis ehitatud Glass House (valmis 1949) ja Orange'i maakonnas Orange'is püstitatud Christ Cathedral (valmis 1980).

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (8. heinäkuuta 1906 – 25. tammikuuta 2005) oli yhdysvaltalainen arkkitehti. Hänelle myönnettiin kaikkien aikojen ensimmäinen Pritzker-palkinto 1979.

Johnson syntyi Clevelandissa, Ohiossa, ja valmistui Harvardin yliopistosta 1930. Hän suunnitteli 1940-luvulta lähtien rakennuksia kaikkialle Yhdysvaltoihin sekä myös ulkomaille, muun muassa Puerta de Europan Madridiin.

Johnson oli MoMA:n pääkuraattori vuoteen 1932.

Yksi varhaisista arkkitehtuurisesti merkittävistä teoksista on 1949 valmistunut lasiseinäinen talo Glass House Connecticutin New Canaanissa. Arkkitehti suunnitteli sen omaksi asunnokseen.. Sen omistaa nykyisin National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Philip Johnson oli mukana suunnittelemassa muun muassa Seagram Building -pilvenpiirtäjää New Yorkissa.

Philip Cortelyou Johnson, född 8 juli 1906 i Cleveland, Ohio, död 25 januari 2005 i New Canaan, Connecticut, var en amerikansk arkitekt.