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Philip Johnson

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Born July 8, 1906 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died January 25, 2005

Also known as Philip Cortelyou Johnson

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Biography

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; the postmodern Williams Tower in Houston, Texas; 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".

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Awards & recognition

  • Golden Plate Award · 1991
  • Pritzker Architecture Prize · 1979
  • AIA Gold Medal · 1978
  • AIGA Medal
  • National Medal of Arts

Filmography3 titles

Sketches of Frank Gehry

2006as Self

My Architect

2003as Self

Mies

1986as Self