Philip Johnson

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American architect architect architecture critic human

Philip Johnson was a prominent American architect and critic known for popularizing modernist and later postmodern architecture through influential designs like the Glass House and his curatorial work at the Museum of Modern Art.

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Philip Johnson (historical period)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect ⓘ architect ⓘ architecture critic ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	AIA Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: American Institute of Architects Gold Medal Pritzker Architecture Prize ⓘ Royal Gold Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
designed	his own residence, the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard Graduate School of Design ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ
employer	Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
familyName	Johnson ⓘ
fieldOfWork	architectural criticism ⓘ architecture ⓘ
genre	modernist architecture ⓘ postmodern architecture ⓘ
givenName	Philip ⓘ
influenced	American corporate architecture ⓘ postmodern architects in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Le Corbusier ⓘ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
knownFor	curating the 1932 International Style exhibition at MoMA ⓘ popularizing modern architecture in the United States ⓘ popularizing postmodern architecture in the United States ⓘ
movement	International Style ⓘ Modern architecture ⓘ Postmodern architecture ⓘ
name	Philip Johnson self-link ⓘ
notableRole	founding director of the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
notableWork	AT&T Building ⓘ Chapel of St. Basil ⓘ Crystal Cathedral ⓘ Glass House ⓘ Lipstick Building ⓘ PPG Place ⓘ Pennzoil Place ⓘ Seagram Building ⓘ Sony Tower ⓘ
occupation	architect ⓘ architecture critic ⓘ curator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cleveland ⓘ surface form: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath	New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
style	minimalist glass-and-steel residential design ⓘ monumental corporate skyscrapers ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ

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Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch) → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Chapel of St. Basil → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Comerica Bank Tower → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Glass House → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

his own residence, the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

subject surface form: Glass House

John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in Dallas → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

subject surface form: John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Lipstick Building → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

subject surface form: New York State Theater

PPG Place → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Seagram Building → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Sony Tower → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Thanks-Giving Square → architect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

International Style → associatedWith → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Henry-Russell Hitchcock → coAuthor → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Deconstructivism → curatedBy → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Crystal Cathedral → designedBy → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Glass House → designedBy → Philip Johnson ⓘ

John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in Dallas → designer → Philip Johnson ⓘ

subject surface form: John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza

Chapel of St. Basil → hasArchitect → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Modern architecture → hasKeyFigure → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Postmodern architecture → hasKeyFigure → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Frank Lloyd Wright → influenced → Philip Johnson ⓘ

Philip Johnson → name → Philip Johnson self-link ⓘ

Pritzker Architecture Prize → notableRecipient → Philip Johnson ⓘ

his own residence, the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut → ownedBy → Philip Johnson ⓘ

subject surface form: Glass House

this entity surface form: Philip Johnson (historical period)

his own residence, the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut → usedAsResidenceBy → Philip Johnson ⓘ

subject surface form: Glass House