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Philip Johnson

  1. preservation watch
    Philip Johnson’s First House Is for SaleThe Westchester home was built a few years before the Glass House and looks a lot like it.
  2. book it for the architecture
    Stay in a Steven HollTwelve architecturally significant places (just outside New York) you can stay for a night or more.
  3. who’s selling
    Ronald S. Lauder Sold His Tiny Philip Johnson HomeThe Rockefeller Guest House, which once stored its original owner’s art collection, was an off-market listing.
  4. urbanism
    A Sealed-Up Midtown Arcade Opens Back Up to the CityWith a lush new Snøhetta-designed garden, 550 Madison finally has an exceptional privately owned public space.
  5. street view
    Keeping It Weird at 550 MadisonThe former AT&T/Sony tower gets a few of its spikier details sanded off but retains a lot of its Johnsonian strangeness.
  6. institutions
    Artists to MoMA: Take Down Philip Johnson’s NameThe founding director of the museum’s Architecture and Design department was a known white supremacist.