Theorist

Philip Johnson

1906–2005 International Style curatorship & architecture

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Details

Nationality: American

Classifications

Holder: Individual
Source of authority: Reason
Subject: Human centred
Political position: Hegemonic
Mode of transmission: Text drawing
Knowledge type: Propositional
Epistemic cluster: Western philosophical

Connections

authored Seagram Building
collaborated with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
authored The International Style: Architecture Since 1922
proposed International Style

Sources

Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson. The International Style. W. W. Norton, 1932.
Franz Schulze. Philip Johnson: Life and Work. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Philip Johnson." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/philip-johnson/. Accessed July 17, 2026.