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PHILIP JOHNSON

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906– January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades. In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA and later (1978), as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 1979. He was a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. When Johnson died in January 2005, he was survived by his long-time life partner, David Whitney, who died only a few months later, on June 12, 2005

The Pennsylvania Academy of MusicLancaster, Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Academy of Music is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to musical training. Students range in age from kindergarten to high school. The Academy chose Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects to design a new centerpiece for its campus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At its heart the project has a new performance space -- a 370-seat recital hall and grand foyer -- that will be intimate yet monumental. Nineteenth century red brick buildings line the block where the new 80,000 sq. ft. structure will sit. The design responds to this context. The architects have chosen tall, slender brick piers with a traditional corbeled cornice. Behind this is a bay of clear, frameless glass. At the entrance to the grand foyer a glass curtain wall rises beyond the brick frame. Both solid and transparent this design gives a distinct modern approach a monumental solution In addition to performance space and foyer there will be classrooms, rehearsal spaces, a library and an audio lab on the ground floor. On the upper level studios enclose a roof garden that sits above the recital hall.



American Business Center at Checkpoint CharliePhilip Johnson HausBerlin, Germany

The American Business Center is a mixed-use commercial building, clad in granite with an aluminum curtain wall. Adjacent to what was once 'Checkpoint Charlie', in the former East Berlin, the design embodies a thirty meter high, seven story building and an adjacent public park. The total above ground area of over 320,000 square feet, consists of a ground floor of 45,000 square feet along with retail space and the upper floors dedicated for commercial use. Three levels of parking, storage and retail are situated underground. The interior of the typical 35,000 square foot floor plate features two large courtyards, a response to the request for daylight to all working areas of twenty feet in depth or less. One courtyard, a three story lobby connecting an adjacent park to the main street of Friedrichstrasse, became the central organizing element of the plan. There is a cross axis which connects the three elevator cores, serving each portion of the building. The design is responsive to market desires, calling for the building to have the majority of its accessibility from Friedrichstrasse. A prestigious lobby is provided for all of the building tenants. A first class restaurant and an adjacent lounge are designed to face a park that is part of the site. The park features a stone paving outline of the foundation of the destroyed Bethlehem Church and a ten meter metal helix sculpture supporting the bronze steeple bell of the former Church. The facade, articulated with vertical stone elements, comes together with horizontal stone beams. Glass curtain walls sit between the vertical piers, with portions of the curtain wall slanted back to denote the entrances. The design responds successfully to the client request for a highly articulated street facade that is reminiscent of the work of the early 20th century German architects.

Chavasse ParkLiverpool, England

The idea of urban intervention has been a central part of several recent designs by Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects. In these they have explored how to place large-scale structures within existing urban fabric to create extraordinary architectural effects. Their design for Chavasse Park in Liverpool, England is a clear example of this urban intervention, which at once stands out as a civic monument, yet acts to unite various elements of the city to form a recognizable urban district. Its distinctly warped form is very much due to the firm's collaboration with engineer, Cecil Balmond of Ove Arup Partners. When asked about the use of glass to enclose the two-story shopping mall, Johnson explains, "This is reminiscent of traditional shopping arcades such as London's famous Burlington arcade and similar arcades found in France and Germany." Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects is concerned greatly with what will makes this project so special to the city of Liverpool. Johnson asserts, "It will offer retail and entertainment activities and all that, but more important it will provide pedestrian access to and from Liverpool's Old dock, the city's salient feature. The design emanates directly from the need to reintegrate the waterfront into the city."