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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1059578638 Title: The man in the Glass House : Philip Johnson, architect of the modern century Author: Mark Lamster Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. ©2018 ISBN/ISSN: 9780316126434 0316126438 OCLC:1059578638

  
  

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The man in the Glass House : Philip Johnson, architect of the modern century

Author:	Mark Lamster
Publisher:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. ©2018
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : First editionView all editions and formats
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 Canaan, 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."-- The first recipient of the Pritzker Prize and MoMA's founding architectural curator, Philip 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. As a shaper of public opinion and mentor to generations of architects, designers, and artists, he defined the era. But Johnson was also a man of deep paradoxes: a Nazi sympathizer, a designer of synagogues, a populist, and a snob. Lamster lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and contradictory life, and tells the story of the built environment in modern America. -- adapted from publisher info  Read more...
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Subjects	Johnson, Philip, -- 1906-2005. Architects -- United States -- Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers. View all subjects
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