Now we have a style / [presented by] Philip Johnson.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005, narrator.

Peter, John, 1917-1998, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (53 minutes)): sound, color

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1961.

Summary:

Philip Johnson helped bring modernism to the United States. As the first director of the Museum of Modern Art's department of architecture and design, he co-curated MoMA's seminal 1932 exhibition on the International Style. His own work as an architect, including the Seagram Building designed with Mies van der Rohe, and the Glass House, his own residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, helped to establish the new architecture, while his later work helped move the style on to post-modernism and deconstructivism. This interview is one of a series conducted by architectural publisher John Peter. Here, Johnson explains his choice of the three greatest modernist works and argues that with modernism providing the foundation for a new golden age of architecture it was time to push at the boundaries of the new style.

Contents:

Philip Johnson Weekend House & Guest House, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949. Exterior Of Weekend House

Unite D'habitation, Marseille, France By Le Corbusier, 1947-1952

Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona By Frank Lloyd Wright, 1937-1956. Wright's Winter Home On Maricopa Mesa For The Taliesin Fellowship, He Called The Construction 'Desert Rubblestone Wall'. In The Desert, Stretched Linen Canvas Was Used To Shield Against Sun Glare & Flash Thunderstorms

860 & 880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago By Mies Van Der Rohe, 1951. These Were The First High-Rise Apartments In The World Constructed Almost Solely In Glass & Steel

Philip Johnson Weekend House & Guest House, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949. View Of Weekend House From Guest House

Philip Johnson Weekend House & Guest House, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949. Interior Of Guest House

Philip Johnson Pavilion, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1962

Philip Johnson Painting Gallery, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1965

Philip Johnson Painting Gallery, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1965. Interior

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York By Philip Johnson, 1960

Aaron Carter Museum Of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas By Philip Johnson, 1961

Shelden Memorial Art Gallery, University Of Nebraska By Philip Johnson, 1960

Four Seasons Restaurant, Seagram Building, New York By Philip Johnson, 1959

Museum For Pre-Columbian Art, Dumbarton Oaks. Washington DC By Philip Johnson, 1963

York State Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York By Philip Johnson With Richard Foster, 1964.

Notes:

Recorded over several sessions between 1955 and 1961.

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 15, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.