ACCORDING TO PHILIP JOHNSON ‘CRUTCHES’ BY WHICH ARCHITECTS EVADE THEIR REAL RESPONSIBILITIES ARE: HISTORY - JUSTIFYING ELEMENTS WHICH ARE EARLIER USED. UTILITY - IF UTILITY OF A BUILDING OVERCOMES ARTISTIC INVENTIONS ,THEN IT IS MERELY AN ASSEMBLAGE OF USEFUL PARTS. DESIGN ACCORDING TO HIS BELIEF – “ TO GO AGAINST THE GRAIN” DECONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE – “ HE PRESENTED DESIGN ISSUE IN STRICTLY STYLISTIC TERMS.”

1. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - III

2. TIMELINE
1943 – COMPLETED GRADUATION (B.ARCH. FROM HARVARD
SCHOOL OF DESIGN)
1946 TO 1954 – DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT OF
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA)
1949 – DESIGNED HIS RESIDENCE “THE GLASS HOUSE” AT NEW
CANAAN
1956 – DESIGNED KNESES TIFERETH ISRAEL
1958 – SEAGRAM BUILDING
1961 – ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN
1973 – IDS CENTRE AT MINEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
1978 – AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (AIA) AWARDED GOLD
MEDAL
1979 – PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE
1984 – DESIGNED AT&T HEADQUARTERS (SONY BUILDING)

3. INTRODUCTION
 PHILIP JOHNSON BORN IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A. ON 8TH
JULY,
1906.
 HE GRADUATE IN PHILOLOGY FROM HAVARD UNIVERSITY IN 1930.
 HE STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AT HAVARD UNIVERSITY FROM 1940
TILL 1943, WITH WALTER GROPIUS.
 HE PRACTICED ARCHITECTURE IN CAMBRIDGE TILL 1946.
 HE WORKED WITH RICHARD FOSTER FROM 1964 TO 1967
 HE WORKED WITH JOHN BURGEE FROM 1967 UNTILL HIS
RETIREMENT.
 HE COLLABORATED WITH MIES VANDER ROHE FOR THE
SKYSCRAPPER IN NORTH AMERICA THE SEAGRAM BUILDING IN
NEWYORK, IN 1958.

4. PHILOSPHY
ACCORDING TO PHILIP JOHNSON ‘CRUTCHES’ BY WHICH
ARCHITECTS EVADE THEIR REAL RESPONSIBILITIES ARE:
HISTORY - JUSTIFYING ELEMENTS WHICH ARE EARLIER
USED.
UTILITY - IF UTILITY OF A BUILDING OVERCOMES ARTISTIC
INVENTIONS ,THEN IT IS MERELY AN ASSEMBLAGE OF USEFUL
PARTS.
DESIGN ACCORDING TO HIS BELIEF – “ TO GO AGAINST THE
GRAIN”
DECONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE – “ HE PRESENTED
DESIGN ISSUE IN STRICTLY STYLISTIC TERMS.”

5. WORKS
GLASS HOUSE
GLASS HOUSE IS A HISTORIC HOUSE
MUESUM AT NEW CANAAN,
CONNECTICUT
BUILT : 1949
DIMENSIONS : 17M LONG, 9.8M
WIDE, 3.2M HIGH
ARCHITECTURE STLE: MODERN
ARCHITECT : PHILIP JOHNSON

6. GLASS HOUSE
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7.  TRANSPARENT OPEN-PLAN FRAME STRUCTURE WHICH WAS HIS OWN
RESIDENCE.
 IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY MIES' FARNSWORTH HOUSE
 BATH IN BRICK CYLINDER.
 INCLUDES OUTDOOR SCULPTURE AND A SEPARATE BLANK-WALLED BRICK
GUEST HOUSE
 SPATIAL DIVISIONS IN THE GLASS BUILDING ARE ACHIEVED BY A BRICK
CYLINDER CONTAINING A BATHROOM, AND BY LOW WALNUT CABINETS—
ONE OF THEM CONTAINING KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.
 IT WAS A BUILDING REALLY EXPRESSING MANY CONCERNS OF CLASSIC
DESIGN, FROM THE ELEVATED PLACEMENT OF AN OBJECT IN A SPACE, TO
ITS SERENE PROPORTION, GENERAL OVERALL SYMMETRY, AND
COMBINING OF A BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
GLASS HOUSE
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8. GLASS HOUSE
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9. CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL
CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL IS A
CHURCH BUILDING LOCATED
AT CALIFORNIA, U.S.
STYLE : POST MODERN
ARCHITECTURE
SEATS : 2736 PEOPLE
COMPLETED : 1981
THE CHURCH WAS TOUTED
AS LARGEST GLASS
BUILDING IN THE BUILDING.
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10. FAÇADE IS COMPOSED OF
MORE THAN 10000 GLASS
PANELS
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11. WORKS
CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL

12.  ELLYPTICAL ENTRANCE PORCH LINKED TO RECTANGULAR BODY OF THE
MAIN BUILDING.
 COLOURED SLIT WINDOWS ON CONCRETE-BLOCK WALLS OF MAIN
BUILDING,GIVE LIGHTNESS
 CURVED FALSE CEILING
 DOMED ENTRANCE.
KNESES TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE,PORT CHESTER,
NY
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13. KNESES TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE,PORT CHESTER,
NY
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14. WORKS
 THE IDS CENTER IS A SKYSCRAPER
LOCATED AT 80 SOUTH 8TH STREET
IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.
 HEIGHT : 241 M, 277 M TO TIP
( TALLEST BUILDING IN THE STATE)
 FLOORS : 55
 OPENED : 1973
 ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE : POSTMODERN
ARCHITECTURE
 ARCHITECTS : PHILIP
JOHNSON, JOHN BURGEE
IDS CENTER

15. WORKS
 THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF FIVE PARTS:
 THE 57-STORY IDS TOWER ITSELF
 AN 8-STORY ANNEX BUILDING
 THE 19-STORY MARQUETTE HOTEL
 A 2-STORY RETAIL BUILDING
 THESE FOUR BUILDINGS ARE JOINED BY THE 7-STORY
CRYSTAL COURT.
IDS CENTER

16.  A LOBBY AND SHOPPING AREA AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE TOWER IS
KNOWN AS THE CRYSTAL COURT,
AND PROVIDES SKYWAY
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE
TOWER AND FOUR ADJACENT
BLOCKS.
 SKYWAY, AN ENCLOSED OR
COVERED BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO
OR MORE BUILDINGS
 BECAUSE OF THE IDS CENTER'S
PECULIAR AND UNIQUE STEPBACK
DESIGN, TERMED "ZOGS" BY ITS
ARCHITECT, PHILIP JOHNSON , EACH
FLOOR HAS UP TO 32 CORNER
OFFICES.
IDS CENTER
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17. SEAGRAM BUILDING
 SEAGRAM BUILDING IS A
SKYSCRAPPER, LOCATED AT
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN,
NEWYORK
 HEIGHT : 157 METERS
 FLOORS : 38
 TYPE : OFFICE
 OPENED : 1958
 ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE: INTERNATIONAL
ARCHITECTURE STYLE
 ARCHITECTS : LUDWIG MIES
VANDER ROHE, PHILIP JOHNSON
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18.  LOCATED ON FIRST FLOOR OF SEAGRAM BUILDING
 THE RESTAURANT IS COMPRISED OF TWO PUBLIC DINING ROOMS THAT
SET A NEW AMERICAN STYLE OF RESTAURANT
 TO MATCH EXTERIOR BRONZE CLADDING, INTERIOR COLUMNS ARE FACED
IN BRONZE
 WALLS ARE SURFACED IN A THICK FRENCH WALNUT VENEER
 CURTAINS FORMED FROM NO. OF THIN CHAINS OF ANODIZED ALUMINIUM.
 LARGE RECTANGULAR POOL IS LINED WITH MARBLE
 HIGH CEILINGS AND HARDWOOD SURFACES
 IN THE POOL ROOM, THE WATER IN THE POOL BABBLES SOOTHINGLY AND
THROWS OFF PACIFYING WHITE NOISE THAT ABSORBS OTHER SOUNDS.
FOUR SEASON RESTAURANT, SEAGRAM BUILDING, N.Y.
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19. FOUR SEASON RESTAURANT, SEAGRAM BUILDING, N.Y.
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20. AT&T (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH) BUILDING
 AT&T BUILDING IS A SKYSCRAPPER
LOCATED AT NEWYORK
 HEIGHT : 197 METERS
 FLOORS : 37
 TYPE : COMMERCIAL/OFFICE
 OPENED : 1984
 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : POST
MODERN
 ARCHITECTS : PHILIP JOHNSON,
JOHN BURGEE
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21. AT&T (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH) BUILDING
 HIGHLY ORNAMENTED BUILDING.
 NOW CALLED SONY BUILDING.
 COVERING A SPACE OF 36800 SQFT.
 13000 TONS OF GRANITE USED IN THIS
BUILDING.
 BUILDING BOTTOM IS INSPIRED BY
RENAISSANCE AND TOP IS CHIPPENDALE
ARCHITECTURE.
 HAVING BLACK AND WHITE MARBLE
PATTERN.
 CONSIST OF MAIN ARCWAY AT THE
ENTRANCE.
 IT CONSIST OF MANY MULTISTOREYED
OPENING TO ALLOW LIGHT.
 SUPER SCALE ARCHWAY POINTS VISITORS
INTO A PUBLIC LOBBY ON THE GROUND
FLOOR.
 THE RECESSED ARCHWAY ENTRANCE IS IN
MONUMENTAL SCALE.
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22. AT&T (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH) BUILDING
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23. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA
 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA,
LOACTED AT THE SOUTH END OF
A PROPOSED PARK SYSTEM AND
CULTURAL COMPLEX
 PROGRAMME : FOR 1,08,000
FACILITIES
 FLOORS : 3
 TYPE : MUSEUM
 OPENED : 1945
 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: POST
MODERN
 MATERIAL : BRICKWORK, R.C.C.
 ARCHITECT : PHILIP JOHNSON
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24. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA
PHILOSPHY
STYLISTICALLY VARIED WORK
GEOMETRICAL SHAPES LIKE VIVID VOID STRUCTURE
FLAT ROOF AND SYMMETRY
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25. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA
DECONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE
THERE IS A IN FORM GOOD ACCESIBILITY AND MONUMENTALITY.
EASE OF ORIENTATION WAS PRIME CONCERN.
THERE IS A EFFFORTLESS TRANSITION FROM STORAGE TO
EXHIBIT ROOM.
THERE IS A EASE OF ACCESS TO TOILET, RESTAURANT, SHOPS,
THEATRE ETC.
ACCESS FROM NORTH AND SOUTH ARE OUTSIDE CONTROL
POINTS.
CEREMONICAL SOUTH ENTRANCE IS ON UPPER LEVEL.
MAIN ENTERANCE IS THE HIGHEST ELEMENT AND IS ON
MONUMENTAL SCALE.
EXIHIBITION AREA WERE DIVIDED INTO 12 SEPARATE PODS.
EACH POD WAS SUB-DIVIDED INTO SMALL GROUPINGS AROUND
THE OUTSIDE AND GREAT CENTERED GALLERY
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26. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PERFOMING ARTS (NCPA) IS A MULTI-
VENEU, MULTI-PURPOSE , CULTURAL CENTRE IN MUMBAI
TYPE : ART COMPLEX
COMPLETED : 1945
HEIGHT : 46.28 M
STYLE : POST MODERN ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECT : PHILIP JOHNSON
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27. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS
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28. IT COMPRISES OF:
JAMSHED BABA THEATRE
TATA THEATRE
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
GODREJ DANCE ACADEMY
LITTLE THEATRE
GARDEN SPACE
ART GALLERIES
ART AND CRAFT CENTRE
RESEARCH CENTRE
RECORDING STUDIO
LIBRARY
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