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	Wired New York Forum - Architect Philip Johnson Dies
		Burgee he found a partner who could serve not only as a colleague in design but also as an executive overseeing the kind of large architectural office required to produce major skyscrapers.
		Burgee moved away from it with the design for one of the most startling skyscrapers of the last generation, the ATandamp; T (now Sony) headquarters in New York, the so-called "Chippendale skyscraper" of granite with a split pediment resembling an antique highboy.
		Burgee, he produced several projects for Donald J. Trump, including the glass tower at 1 Central Park West and projects for the Riverside South residential development; plans for a cathedral for a gay congregation in Dallas; and an office building for Berlin.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=5687 (6468 words)

	Philip Johnson - Great Buildings Online
		John de Menil House, at Houston, Texas, 1950.
		John D. Rockefeller III Guest House, at New York, New York, 1950.
		He worked with Richard Foster from 1964 to 1967 and with John Burgee from 1967 until his retirement.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Philip_Johnson.html (1140 words)

	MSN Encarta - Philip Johnson
		For many years Johnson was the outstanding advocate in the United States of the starkly geometric, steel-and-glass type of architecture known as the International Style.
		In his later designs, with his architectural partner John Burgee, Johnson became a leader of the architectural movement known as postmodernism.
		Their many projects have included the Investment Diversified Services (IDS) center (1973) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a complex of four glass buildings surrounding a 1,860-square-meter (20,000-square-foot) mall; and the spectacular Crystal Cathedral (1980) in Garden Grove, California, designed for television evangelist Robert H. Schuller and shaped like an elongated four-point star.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574851/Philip_Johnson.html (693 words)

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		John says he may have one but that he needs to double check.
		John Pyles reported that Kelly will stay on as Quartermaster but the position is open for new applicants.
		Discussion: John is going to create new check out sheets that include a box that allows chiefs and instructors to give warnings out when boats are not checked out, rigged or used properly.
	students.washington.edu /sailing/library/minutes/min2001.txt (14000 words)

	Johnson/Burgee - Great Buildings Online
		Burgee's arrival coincided with the firm's movement toward a number of major, widely acclaimed skyscraper projects, including the IDS Center in Minneapolis and Pennzoil Place in Houston.
		Burgee he had a partner who could serve not only as a colleague in design but also as an executive overseeing the kind of large architectural office required to produce major skyscrapers.
		Burgee's role, the Johnson-Burgee firm moved in 1986 into the elliptical skyscraper at 885 Third Avenue, between 53rd and 54th Streets.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Johnson-Burgee.html (455 words)

	A non-profit organization made up of architects, clergy, educators and others interested in the discussion of issues ...
		John Burgee has made a significant contribution to architecture over the past 35 years, producing many projects that have changed the direction of architectural thinking.
		Burgee's additional contributions are particularly evident in the National Center for Performing Arts in Bombay, the Museum of South Texas, the Historical Museum and Art Museum at the Dade County Cultural Center, the Peoria Civic Center, the Atlantic Center, 190 South LaSalle Street, and the Transco Tower and Park.
		Burgee’s work has been professionally recognized with two Honor awards from the AIA for the IDS Center and the Pennzoil Place (which also received the 1978 Reynolds Prize).
	www.sacredarchitecture.org /about.php (1212 words)

	The Midtown Book - The Sony/ATT Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Because Johnson and Burgee were the nation's most favored corporate architects at the time and because A. and T. was not a minor company, the design took on even greater significance and clout.
		“According to Burgee, he and Philip were the only ones who didn't answer,” Schulze wrote, adding that before long, however, they were on a short list of three and eventually won the important commission.
		A spokesman for the company, John Heath, was quoted in an article by Shaila Dewan in the April 4, 2000 edition of The New York Times as stating that "We were not able to find a suitable home for him elsewhere." The same article quoted New York City Parks Commissioner Henry J.
	www.thecityreview.com /sonyatt.html (2801 words)

	Architects
		John Root served on the planning commission for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
		His greatest architectural project was the remarkable TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York.The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture.
		Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887) was instrumental in the development of American recognition of architecture as a profession and was responsible for the design of several federal buildings in the District of Columbia, the most famous being the dome and House and Senate extensions of the U.S. Capitol.
	library.thinkquest.org /C006928/architects.htm (3786 words)

	Philip Johnson Biography -- Academy of Achievement
		Burgee, an architect with a reputation for mastering large and complex projects.
		Johnson and Burgee attracted the types of commissions -- important high-profile projects, both large-scale and small -- that neither, individually, had previously attracted on a regular basis.
		Johnson and Burgee's design for the AT&T Corporate Headquarters building (1984) in New York, with its stone cladding and identifying broken-pediment top, changed the dialogue of contemporary architecture just as dramatically as the International Style had 50 years before.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/joh0bio-1 (726 words)

	According to Mr. Hitchcock : Collecting Architectural Americana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		By concentrating on the early material, it was possible to combine those titles with Notre Dame's own acquisitions, which began in the late 19th century, to form the collection that now encompasses some 250 of the 1,460 titles on the Hitchcock List, many of them very rare editions.
		Donors Mary O'Shaughnessy and Gwen and John Burgee endorsed the project from the beginning and provided acquisitions funding over several years.
		John Burgee is a distinguished architect who graduated from the School in 1956, while Mary O'Shaughnessy, a trustee of the I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation, holds a master's degree in architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago, is a member of the Snite Museum of Art Advisory Council, and runs her own Chicago art gallery.
	www.nd.edu /~ladvance/access/issues/1998/April/architecture.htm (1388 words)

	Sydness Architects - Firm Profile: Continued (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Sydness was a partner with John Burgee Architects, the successor firm to Johnson/Burgee Architects, the world-renowned architectural practice founded by Philip Johnson and John Burgee.
		Johnson and Burgee on a number of landmark projects, and was promoted to associate in 1983 and ultimately to partner in 1988.
		Sydness was the Design Partner responsible for several projects at JBA including Takashimaya in New York, Puerta de Europa in Madrid, Spain, the MacArthur Centre in Brisbane, Australia, and the Conrad International Hotel in Singapore.
	www.sydnessarchitects.com /firmprof-cont.shtml (82 words)

	Trawler World Burgee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		This is the burgee of Trawler World List created by Ed Huff, a graphic designer and marine artist who cruised America's Great Loop during 1999 on a Grand Banks 36 with his wife, Carol.
		We do not stock burgees so they have to be ordered from the manufacturer in minimums of at least a dozen.
		A new batch has been ordered so burgees can be distributed before the boating season starts anew.
	www.trawlerworld.com /burgee.htm (236 words)

	PJAR staff
		There, he held the position of assistant architect with The Essex County Council and was architect-in-charge of a multi-million dollar civic center complex in Reading Berkshire with the office of Tom Hancock Architects.
		Prior to joining the Johnson-Burgee office, Alan Ritchie was associated with the architectural firm of Harrison and Abramowitz, where he supervised the design and construction of a bank and office complex in Buffalo, New York.
		In 1969, he began working with architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, in whose practice he held the position of Associate and Principal.
	www.pjar.com /staff_top_ar.html (363 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -JOHNSON, PHILIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In the landmark Glass House he designed for himself in New Canaan, Connecticut (1949), an adaptation of Mies's idiom, Johnson made subtle but encyclopedic use of the past to comment on the roots of modern design.
		Building in New York (1978-1984, with John Burgee, his partner from 1968 to 1987) openly mimicked past architectural styles, making it an acceptable practice again.
		John Jacobus, Philip Johnson (1962); Nory Miller and Richard Payne, Johnson/Burgee: Architecture (1980) and Philip Johnson/John Burgee: Architecture, 1979-1985 (1985).
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_048300_johnsonphili.htm (495 words)

	Development
		Designed by the acclaimed team of Philip Johnson and John Burgee, 190's architecture complements the historic structures of the South LaSalle Street financial district.
		Rising from a five-story rusticated base of Imperial Red granite through a tower sheathed in Spanish Pink granite, 190 South LaSalle is topped by a two-story gabled roof clad with lead copper and adorned with aluminum finials and ornamental cresting.
		Opened in 1987 and already a Chicago landmark, the prestige of 190 South LaSalle is enhanced by the presence of Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw, one of the largest law firms in Chicago.
	www.tjbc.com /development_office_190.html (140 words)

	Crystal Cathedral—About Us
		Located in Garden Grove, California, the Crystal Cathedral was designed by American Institute of Architects gold medal winner Philip Johnson with his partner John Burgee.
		The tower is comprised of highly polished stainless steel prisms, and houses a 52 bell carillon named in honor of Arvella Schuller.
		At the base of the steeple is an intimate prayer chapel named the Mary Hood Chapel.
	www.crystalcathedral.org /about/history.html (419 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Architect Philip Johnson dies at age 98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In an extensive career that saw him move from museum curator to designer of opulent corporate headquarters, Johnson distinguished himself as one of the nation's most versatile architects.
		With his partner, John Burgee, Johnson designed the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., an ecclesiastical greenhouse that is wider and higher than Notre Dame in Paris; the
		Most were corporate palaces: the Transco II and Bank of America towers in Houston; a 23-story neo-Victorian office building in San Francisco, graced with three human figures at the summit; a mock-gothic glass tower for
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/01/27/architect_philip_johnson_dies_at_age_98?pg=full (946 words)

	Powell's Books - Masterpieces of Chicago Architecture by John Zukowsky
		Skidmore Owings & Merrill's landmark Inland Steel Building was finished in 1954, their John Hancock Center in 1970, and their Sears Tower in 1974.
		Philip Johnson and John Burgee's 190 South LaSalle Street office tower went up in 1987.
		John Zukowsky is Curator of Architecture at The Art Institute of Chicago.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=17-0847825965-0 (312 words)

	Architect Philip Johnson dies -- helped change America's look
		With his partner, Chicago architect John Burgee, Mr.
		Taking its aesthetic cues from John W. Root's demolished Masonic Temple, the building's style draws on Chicago's rich architectural history and the form of neighboring structures.
		Johnson also played a key role in the preservation of the John and Frances Glessner House on South Prairie.
	www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nws-xjohn27.html (479 words)

	John Burgee -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		John Burgee -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		John Burgee is an American (Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)) architect important in (Click link for more info and facts about post-modern) post-modern (The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings) architecture.
		He has partnered with (Click link for more info and facts about Philip Johnson) Philip Johnson.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_burgee.htm (186 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Conn. / Innovative, influential architect Philip Johnson dies at age 98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Johnson died Tuesday night at his home in New Canaan, Conn., according to Joel S. Ehrenkranz, his lawyer.
		John Elderfield, a curator at the Museum of Modern Art, also confirmed the death Wednesday.
		He and his partner, John Burgee, designed the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., an ecclesiastical greenhouse that is wider and higher than Notre Dame in Paris; the
	www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/01/26/innovative_influential_architect_philip_johnson_dies_at_age_98 (483 words)

	New York City : Postmodern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		(Philip Johnson/John Burgee, 1984), brings the distinctive shape of a Chippendale cabinet to the New York skyline.
		The Morgan Bank Headquarters, 60 Wall St. (Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Assocs., 1988), resembles a classical column, with modern interpretations of a base, shaft, and capital.
		The base of the column mirrors in style the facade of the 19th-century building across the street.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=21&catID=0021036678 (166 words)

	Culture - The Arts, New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Of the same period, the main halls of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (1959–66), Amsterdam Avenue and West 62nd Street, designed by a board of architects headed by Wallace K. Harrison, are classicist in inspiration.
		Late in the boom, new forms of modernism began to appear, as in 1 United Nations Plaza (1973–6; by Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates), an office and hotel complex with a variety of geometric forms clad in a taut glass and aluminium skin.
		This was followed by a succession of extremely tall buildings with masonry or ornamental glass skins, historicist detail and eccentric rooftop silhouettes; among the finest are works by Kohn Pederson Fox, notably the Heron Tower (1984–7), 70 East 55th Street.
	www.onestopenglish.com /Culture/TheArts/places/ny1945.htm (695 words)

	CBS News \| Architect Philip Johnson Dies \| January 26, 2005 14:30:00
		Johnson died Tuesday night in New Canaan, Conn., where he lived, according to Joel S. Ehrenkranz, his lawyer.
		Johnson's work ranged from the severe modernism of his own home to the Chippendale-topped AT&T Building in New York City, now owned by Sony.
		Then 92, Johnson told Roberts he didn't think of himself as an old timer: "Heavens no, I never think of it at all.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/01/26/national/main669561.shtml (653 words)

	New York City Ballet \| About NYCB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The stage setting for the entire festival is made of translucent tubing designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee to be hung and lit in different architectural configurations.
		For a Dance in America telecast, Balanchine, in collaboration with Kermit Love, re-conceives L'Enfant et les Sortileges, which he had set as his first commission from Diaghilev (1925), for the opening of Ballet Society (1946), and again for the Ravel Festival (1975).
		The Philip Johnson-John Burgee tubing created for the Tschaikovsky Festival is used again.
	www.nycballet.com /about/chron80.html (1664 words)

	Niagara Falls Reporter Opinion
		Philip Johnson, who had finally retired only last July, was a successful and very controversial ground-breaking architect who -- with his partner John Burgee -- designed the Niagara Falls Convention Center, now home to the Seneca Nation Casino.
		John Hanchette, a professor of journalism at St. Bonaventure University, is a former editor of the Niagara Gazette and a Pulitzer Prize-winning national correspondent.
		He was a founding editor of USA Today and was recently named by Gannett as one of the Top 10 reporters of the past 25 years.
	www.niagarafallsreporter.com /hanchette146.html (858 words)

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