The man in the Glass House : Philip Johnson, architect of the modern century / Mark Lamster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamster, Mark, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005.

Johnson, Philip.

Architects--United States--Biography.

Architects.

United States.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.

HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.

ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments.

Local Subjects:

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.

HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.

ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 508 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Philip Johnson, architect of the modern century

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

Summary:

"When Philip Johnson died in 2005 at the age of 98, he was still one of the most recognizable-and influential-figures on the American cultural landscape. The first recipient of the Pritzker Prize and MoMA's founding architectural curator, Johnson made his mark as one of America's leading architects with his famous Glass House in New Caanan, CT, and his controversial AT&T Building in NYC, among many others in nearly every city in the country-but his most natural role was as a consummate power broker and shaper of public opinion. Johnson introduced European modernism-the sleek, glass-and-steel architecture that now dominates our cities-to America, and mentored generations of architects, designers, and artists to follow. He defined the era of "starchitecture" with its flamboyant buildings and celebrity designers who esteemed aesthetics and style above all other concerns. But Johnson was also a man of deep paradoxes: he was a Nazi sympathizer, a designer of synagogues, an enfant terrible into his old age, a populist, and a snob. His clients ranged from the Rockefellers to televangelists to Donald Trump. Award-winning architectural critic and biographer Mark Lamster's THE MAN IN THE GLASS HOUSE lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and endlessly contradictory life to tell the story of a charming yet deeply flawed man. A rollercoaster tale of the perils of wealth, privilege, and ambition, this book probes the dynamics of American culture that made him so powerful, and tells the story of the built environment in modern America."-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

The Master's Joy

From Saul to Paul

A Man of Style

Show Time

The Maestro

The Gold Dust Twins

An American Führer

Pops

A New New Beginning

An Apostate at Worship

Crutches

Cocktails on the Terrace

Third City

Towers and Power

The Head of the Circle

Things Fall Apart

The Irresistible Allure of the Fantastic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780316126434

0316126438

OCLC:

1059578638