| Philip Johnson  AKA Philip Cortelyou Johnson
Born: 8-Jul-1906
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH
Died: 25-Jan-2005
Location of death: New Canaan, CT
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Male
Religion: Agnostic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay [1]
Occupation: Architect Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Glass House Military service: US Army (Corps of Engineers)
[1] American Culture's Debt to Gay Sons of Harvard (Dinitia Smith, The New York Times, 29th May 2003.) See also The Crimson Letter: Harvard, Homosexuality and the Shaping of American Culture (2003), by Douglass Shand-Tucci.
Father: Homer H. Johnson (attorney)
Mother: Louise
University: BA Philosophy, Harvard University (1927)
University: Graduate School of Design, Harvard University (attended 1940-43)
Museum of Modern Art Director, Dept. of Architecture (1932-)
Academy of Achievement (1991)
Pritzker Prize 1979
Author of books:
The International Style: Architecture Since 1922 (1932, architecture, with Henry-Russell Hitchcock)
Mies van der Rohe (1947)
Selected edifices:
Glass House (1949, New Canaan, CT
)
MOMA Guesthouse (1950, New York City
)
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (1960, Utica, NY
)
Roofless Church (1960, New Harmony, IN
)
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center (1964, New York City
)
Kennedy Memorial (1970, Dallas, TX
)
Rothko Chapel (1971, Houston, TX
)
Pennzoil Place (1973, Houston, TX
)
Thanks-Giving Square (1973, Dallas, TX
)
Boston Public Library Extension (1973, Boston, MA
)
Century Center (1977, South Bend, IN
)
AT&T Tower (1978-84, New York City
)
Crystal Cathedral (1980, Los Angeles, CA
)
Mathematics Tower, Ohio State University (1992, Columbus, OH
)
St. Basil's Chapel, University of St. Thomas (1995, Houston, TX
)
City Hall (1996, Celebration, FL)
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