Monday, June 25, 2007

Philip Johnson

In the year of 1949, Philip was brought up in Flushing New York. When he was a young boy he was staying in his Aunt Dorothy’s house. As Philip Johnson always says “I love that it’s a ruin because I love ruins. Everybody does I think. They just don’t love them enough to leave them. ”Meaning that all his structures was ruined but he really didn’t care because he likes when it’s ruined. Its better when its messed up so he can do it better. Johnson had many structures. But he really didn’t care about them. Philip Johnson also made several books. In the late 1920’s he became more interested architecture and the growing modern aesthetic.
Philip Johnson was a very hard worker in High School until he realized he wanted to be an architect. Soon as he realized he wanted to be an architect he always would get in trouble in school because he will always draw during class time. Philip Johnson attended many schools and he also would finish them. He attended Denny School, Seward School, Broadway School and he graduated from a school of design at Harvard. Mr. Johnson graduated in the year of 1943 then he joined the army. He went to a college called University of Washington and studied mechanical engineering.

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