Philip Johnson
A promoter and practitioner of modernism whose career ranged from the Glass House to Postmodern corporate architecture.
His MoMA exhibition helped introduce the International Style in the United States.
The Glass House is a transparent dwelling deeply influenced by Mies.
He later adopted Postmodern vocabulary.
His combined roles as patron, curator, and architect were distinctive.
He was a central figure within the power structures of twentieth-century American architecture.
