https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2238 en-us Engineers have found major structural problems in the historic building in Houston, which is home to 14 monumental paintings by Mark Rothko.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14339 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14339-mid-construction-discovery-causes-delay-increases-cost-of-rothko-chapel-restoration A rendering of the restored interior of the Rothko Chapel shows the new skylight. Rendering © Architecture Research Office Interior of the Chapel, as seen in 1971 Photo © Hickey-Robertson Interior of the Chapel, as seen in 1999, when a baffle had been installed beneath the skylight to filter sunlight Photo © Hickey-Robertson A rendering of the restored plaza shows Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk sculpture, dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., rising above the reflecting pool. Rendering © Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects Path through the new North Campus to the plaza Rendering © Architecture Research Office North Campus, looking east across Sul Ros Rendering © Architecture Research Office North Campus, looking west across Sul Ros Rendering © Architecture Research Office Meeting room Rendering © Architecture Research Office Isometric Site Plan Drawing © Architecture Research Office The Dallas Morning News architecture critic and RECORD contributor talks about his new book, The Man in the Glass House. Watch the segment and read our review of the biography.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14022 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 09:39:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14022-mark-lamster-discusses-philip-johnson-biography-on-cbs-this-morning Philip-Johnson-CBS-This-Morning-Mark-Lamster-01.png CBS This Morning: Saturday co-host Anthony Mason (left) and architecture critic Mark Lamster (right) Image courtesy CBS Philip-Johnson-CBS-This-Morning-Mark-Lamster-02.png CBS This Morning: Saturday co-host Anthony Mason (left) and architecture critic Paul Goldberger (right) inside The Glass House Image courtesy CBS Philip-Johnson-CBS-This-Morning-Mark-Lamster-03.png Architecture critic Mark Lamster Image courtesy CBS Philip-Johnson-CBS-This-Morning-Mark-Lamster-04.png Archival footage of architect Philip Johnson at The Glass House Image courtesy CBS Philip-Johnson-CBS-This-Morning-Mark-Lamster-05.png Archival footage of architect Philip Johnson Image courtesy CBS The Pritzker Prize-winning designer's notable work draws psychoanalytic interpretations.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13265 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13265-what-philip-johnsons-glass-house-says-about-the-architect In light of recent controversy about Philip Johnson’s building in New York, commentator Robert Kahn asks whether the original architecture is worth saving.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13226 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13226-op-ed-johnsons-at-and-t-building-is-influential-but-is-it-good Preservation groups scrutinize the behavior of the developer, owner, and NYC Landmarks commission.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13198 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:25:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13198-work-permits-issued-to-demolish-att-buildings-lobby-amid-preservationists-protests ATT-Building-550-Madison-Ave-Philip-Johnson-01.jpg The original AT&T Building’s lobby, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, seen from Madison Avenue shortly after its opening in 1984 Photo © Brian Rose ATT-Building-550-Madison-Ave-Philip-Johnson-02.jpg The original AT&T Building’s lobby, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, seen from Madison Avenue shortly after its opening in 1984 Photo © Brian Rose ATT-Building-550-Madison-Ave-Philip-Johnson-03.jpg Snøhetta’s design proposal for replacing the lower facade of the building with a glass curtainwall Image courtesy DBOX ATT-Building-550-Madison-Ave-Philip-Johnson-04.jpg The lobby of 550 Madison Avenue as of October 30, 2017 Photo © Thomas Collins Architecture critic Mark Lamster discusses how moving forward should not entail erasing the past.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13169 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 06:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13169-preservationists-protest-changes-to-the-att-building Gensler was recently issued a $1.66 million work permit for interior installation and removals.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13147 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:57:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13147-former-att-building-may-become-landmark-but-interiors-remain-threatened 550 Madison Avenue, as seen the south intersection of Madison Avenue and 55th Street, on October 30, 2017. Photo © Thomas Collins Snohetta’s design proposal for replacing the lower façade of the building with a glass curtainwall. Image credit: DBOX Snohetta’s design proposal for the lobby entrance to 550 Madison Avenue with a new glass curtainwall façade visible above. Image credit: DBOX The original AT&T Building, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, shortly after its opening in 1984. Photo © Brian Rose The original AT&T Building, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, shortly after its opening in 1984. Photo © Brian Rose The “Golden Boy” statue in the former AT&T Building’s lobby.  Photo © Wolfgang Hoyt / Esto The proposal replaces the Stony Creek granite facade on the lower levels with a glass curtain wall.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13096 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13096-robert-stern-protests-sn%C3%B8hettas-proposal-for-former-att-building-by-philip-johnson Robert A.M. Stern cradles a hastily-assembled model he used to recreate Philip Johnson’s 1979 TIME magazine cover photo outside the lobby of 550 Madison Avenue, the former AT&T Building, on Friday November 3, 2017. Photo courtesy Robert A.M. Stern Architects (left), © Matthew G. Bisanz (right) About 20 people gathered last Friday to protest Snøhetta’s design proposal, which would replace the lobby and atrium’s Stony Creek granite facade with a glass curtain wall. Photo © Architectural Record Journalist Nathan Eddy (holding the blue “HANDS OFF MY JOHNSON” sign) organized the protest; he is currently making a documentary about the life and works of Philip Johnson. Photo © Architectural Record Nathan Eddy and Hilary Lewis, chief curator and creative director at The Glass House, attended Friday’s protest. Photo © Architectural Record Home to works by Stella, Rauschenberg, Chamberlain, and more, the Glass House Sculpture Gallery reopens with an entirely new roof.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12669 Mon, 01 May 2017 08:05:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12669-restored-sculpture-gallery-reopens-at-philip-johnsons-glass-house New glazing and lighting restore the gallery to its original glory. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House A new cold-cathode light system was modeled after the original. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House The building is home to works of art including Frank Stella’s 1990 sculpture Raft of the Medusa, Part 1. Photo © Architectural Record During the day, sunshine streams in through the glazed roof, casting a shadow grid on the white walls and brick floors. Photo © Architectural Record A new cold-cathode light system was modeled after the original. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House At night, the new cold-cathode tube lights affixed to the steel structure overhead bathe the space in a peachy glow. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House The $2 million restoration kicked off in May 2015. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House The project team removed the old glazing, as well as the coatings of all interior and exterior brick and steel, before installing and sealing the precisely fabricated glass. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House The project team installed new custom glass panels to the skylight system. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House The new glass panels are UV-coated and insulated. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House The new skylight system was fully installed in a matter of days. Photo © Lane Coder courtesy the Glass House Archival photos show the original construction of the building’s steel structure. Photo © Horst Hahn courtesy the Glass House Archival photos show the original construction of the building’s steel structure. Photo © Horst Hahn courtesy the Glass House Construction progress as of April 10, 1970. Photo © Horst Hahn courtesy the Glass House Construction progress as of May 28, 1970. Photo © Horst Hahn courtesy the Glass House Construction progress as of June 15, 1970. Photo © Horst Hahn courtesy the Glass House Construction progress as of June 30, 1970. Photo © Horst Hahn courtesy the Glass House The Four Seasons Restaurant, designed by Philip Johnson in 1959, leaves the Seagram Building with only memories intact.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11752 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11752-goodbye-to-all-that-the-four-seasons-restaurant-leaves-the-seagram-building For the 40th anniversary of the Four Seasons, the restaurant’s original creative team was reunited for a photoshoot. With titles correct as of 1999, the sitters are: Outside the bar, counterclockwise from rear left: former pastry chef Albert Kumin, former press agent Roger Martin, landscape architect Karl Linn, architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, project director Phyllis Lambert, architect Philip Johnson, sculptor Richard Lippold, lawyer Lester Klepper, former co-owner Tom Margittai. Inside the bar, from left: former executive chef Seppi Renggli, current chef Hitsch Albin, former press agent Philip Miles, current pastry chef Patrick Lemblé, adman George Lois, food writer Mimi Sheraton, sculptor Marilynn Gelfman Karp, adman Ron Holland, menu and logo designer Emil Antonucci, former director George Lang, current co-directors Alex von Bidder and Julian Niccolini (seated on bar). Photo © Michael O'Neill, courtesy Canadian Centre for Architecture RECORD published the restaurant in November 1959. Photo © Architectural Record RECORD published the restaurant in November 1959. Photo © Architectural Record Other photos of that time show the entrance to the Grill Room and the bar. Photo © Ezra Stoller/Esto Other photos of that time show the entrance to the Grill Room and the bar. Photo © Ezra Stoller/Esto The Pool Room, named for its square white Carrara-marble pool with live trees planted at each corner, was a hit. Photo © Ezra Stoller/Esto President Kennedy celebrated his 45th birthday 10 days early on May 19, 1962, at the Four Seasons. Photo courtesy The Culinary Institute of America Menu Collection Big, splendid and very expensive (mere art lovers may buy a drink at the bar), the new restaurant in the Seagram building is called The Four Seasons.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11753 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11753-more-elegance-at-the-house-of-seagram-the-four-seasons-restaurant Principal entrance from main lobby of building exhibits a painted stage curtain by Picasso originally done for the Diaghilev Ballet. Photo © Architectural Record Lobby Beneath Bar and Grill. Tapestry by Miro. Photo © Architectural Record Bar and Grill. Paneling is of carefully matched French walnut. Floor around bar is ebonized oak. Brass rod sculptures, suspended on fine wire, by Richard Lippold. Photo © Architectural Record The dining room has been planned around a quiet pool with a 17-ft ornamental fig tree at each corner. Suspended plants change with the seasons. All accessories and serving equipment were specially designed by Garth and Ada Louise Huxtable and custom made for the restaurant. Photo © Architectural Record Photo © Architectural Record Photo © Architectural Record Photo © Architectural Record Plan. Photo © Architectural Record Of the 40 architects in the creativity experiment in 1958–59, Johnson was the most challenging to interview.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11667 Sun, 01 May 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11667-case-study-philip-johnson Philip Johnson Johnson designed the Robert C. Wiley House in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1953 using massing that evoked several stages of Mies van der Rohe’s work. Photo © Ezra Stoller / Esto Philip Johnson In the 1950s, Philip Johnson was still a card-carrying Modernist. Photo © Arnold Newman / Getty Images Philip Johnson His mosaic for the experiment brings Mondrian to mind. Photo © IPAR We may think we know all there is about the most famous display of architecture to be mounted in the the U.S., the Museum of Modern Art’s landmark show, Modern Architecture: International Exhibition, curated by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in 1932. But there’s always more to dig up about this ultra-influential event and the fertile period from which it emanated, as we find in Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11401 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11401-modernisms-backstory PARTNERS IN DESIGN Philip Johnson and Alfred Barr, Lake Maggiore, Switzerland, April 1933. Photo © The Museum of Modern Art, licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, New York PARTNERS IN DESIGN Living room, Philip Johnson’s Turtle Bay apartment, 216 East 49th Street, New York, c. 1934. Photo © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, New York. PARTNERS IN DESIGN Marga Barr seated at the Donald Deskey table. Barr apartment, Two Beekman Place, c. 1934. Photo courtesy Victoria Barr PARTNERS IN DESIGN Alfred and Margaret Barr’s living room at 2 Beekman Place with a Johnson-Clauss tubular steel chair and a Donald Deskey table, c. 1934. Photo courtesy Victoria Barr PARTNERS IN DESIGN Installation of Useful Objects of American Design Under $10, Museum of Modern Art, November 26 to December 24, 1940. Photo © The Museum of Modern Art, licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, New York PARTNERS IN DESIGN Installation of Useful Objects of American Design Under $10, Museum of Modern Art, November 26 to December 24, 1940. Photo © The Museum of Modern Art, licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, New York PARTNERS IN DESIGN Donald Deskey, dining table and four chairs, c. 1930, Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company, Ionia, Michigan, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, gift of Victoria Barr from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr Jr., D88.139.1–5. Photo courtesy the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, photograph by Denis Farley This October, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute’s Museum of Art in Utica, New York, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Philip Johnson-designed home with an exhibition commemorating the work of the illustrious Modernist and Postmodernist architect.

]]> 100830philip_johnson_museum.asp Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5335-a-golden-anniversary-for-a-philip-johnson-museum A former business partner of acclaimed architect Philip Johnson recently unveiled an archive of nearly 25,000 sketches, tracings, and renderings from between 1968 and 1992, a sparsely documented period of Johnson’s prolific career.

]]> 100728philip_johnson_archive.asp Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5317-philip-johnson-archive-now-for-sale 090910fourseasons.asp Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5163-a-gentle-facelift-for-philip-johnson-s-four-seasons-restaurant When Philip Johnson’s Glass House officially opens to the public this month, it will mark the start of a new era for the iconic property.

]]> 070523glass.asp Wed, 23 May 2007 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3693-philip-johnsons-glass-house-opens-to-the-public "After 50 years, you shouldn't do the same thing," says Philip Johnson, FAIA, describing his recent design for a multidomed, Byzantine-inspired addition to the Robert C. Wiley House, a chaste, Modernist box he designed in 1956.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12621 Mon, 02 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12621-interview-with-philip-johnson