Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Biographical / Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Philip Johnson
architectural projects
Dates: 1984-1995
Collection number: 2002.M.39
Creator:
Johnson,
Philip, 1906-2005
Extent:
30.5 linear
feet
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Libary
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: American architect. Architectural drawings, study models,
photographs, brochures, and miscellaneous papers, the bulk of which relate to
the Franklin Square building, Washington, D.C., a project by John Burgee
Associates with Philip Johnson. The collection also includes models and
brochures for other projects by the firm, and papers relating to the Peter
Lewis guesthouse, a project by the office of Philip Johnson.
Language: Collection material is in
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Philip Johnson architectural projects, 1984-1995, Research Library,
The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2002.M.39
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2003.
Processing History
Processed by Vladimira Stefura. Collection is not fully processed or
fully cataloged.
Related Materials
Philip Johnson Papers, 1908-2001, bulk 1925-1998, Getty Research
Library, Accession number 980060.
Biographical / Historical Note
Born in 1906, Philip Johnson was one of the most prominent and
outspoken architects of the post-World War II era. During his long career from
the 1930s until his death in 2005, Johnson has been a major participant in the
architectural debate of his time and has contributed to all major architectural
movements during those years.
In 1930 Johnson founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1934 Johnson enrolled
in architecture school at Harvard.
He started as a follower of Mies van der Rohe's
most austere modernism (ref his Glass House, New Caanan, CT, 949), broke with early modernism to design in what he called
a more “humane”
modernistic vocabulary, and was one of the leaders of postmodernism (ref the AT&T corporate headquarters, NYC, 1978) during
the
1980s.
Johnson was in partnership with John Burgee from 1967-1991. When in his 90s Johnson designed and built structures that showed
his
interest in the deconstructivist idiom.
Scope and Content of Collection
A collection of architectural materials: drawings, study models,
photographs, slides, negatives, brochures and miscellaneous papers. The bulk of
the collection relates to the Franklin Square building, Washington, D.C., a
project by John Burgee Associates with Philip Johnson (1985-1986). The collection also
includes materials relating to the Peter Lewis guesthouse, a project by the
office of Philip Johnson (1991-1995). The Lewis guesthouse was an addition (never realized)
to a house designed (redesigned and ultimately unrealized) by Frank Gehry. In
addition, there are seven models for other buildings designed by John Burgee
Associates with Philip Johnson, as well as 21 brochures regarding various
projects of the firm. The bulk of the papers and drawings that document
projects designed with John Burgee are in private hands.
Arrangement
Arranged by project and type of material.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Burgee, John,
1933-
Johnson, Philip,
1906-2005
John Burgee
Associates
Subjects - Topics
Architects and
patrons
Architectural
practice—United States
Architecture—Designs and
plans
Architecture—United
States—20th century
Architects—United
States
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural
drawings—United States—20th century
Study models—United
States—20th century
Photographs,
Original
Photographic
prints
Contributors
Burgee, John,
1933-
Gehry, Frank O.,
1929-
John Burgee
Associates
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