Descriptive Summary
Biographical / Historical Note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Philip Johnson architectural projects
Date (inclusive): 1984-1995
Number: 2002.M.39
Creator/Collector:
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005
Physical Description:
30.5 linear feet
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
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.
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Language: Collection material is in
English
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.
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
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002m39
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2003.
Processing History
Processed by Vladimira Stefura. Collection is not fully processed or fully cataloged.
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 note
Arranged by project and type of material.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Burgee, John, 1933-
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
John Burgee Associates
Subjects - Topics
Architects and patrons
Architects--United States
Architectural practice--United States
Architecture--United States--20th century
Architecture-Designs and plans
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural drawings--United States--20th century
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Study models--United States--20th century
Contributors
Burgee, John, 1933-
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
John Burgee Associates
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