Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 (Cleveland, Ohio) – January 25, 2005 (New Canaan, Connecticut)) was an influential American architect. The first director of the architecture department at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) in 1946, and later a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 1978 and the first Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1979.

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July 8 - 1906 - Cleveland, Ohio - January 25 - 2005 - New Canaan, Connecticut - American - Architect - Museum of Modern Art - 1946 - American Institute of Architects - 1978 - Pritzker Architecture Prize - 1979

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