Philip Johnson: Architect of the Glass House Dies at 98

Philip Johnson was an American architect who helped introduce modern architecture to the United States. Born on July 8, 1906, in Cleveland, Ohio, he became the first curator of architecture at the Museum of Modern Art.

Johnson designed his own Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut (1949) and later the AT&T Building in New York with John Burgee and the Crystal Cathedral in California. In 1979 he received the first Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Johnson was openly gay and lived with his partner, David Whitney, for decades. He died at the Glass House on January 25, 2005, at age 98. He was criticized in his later years for his sympathy to fascism in the 1930s, which he later repudiated.

Achievements: First Pritzker Architecture Prize (1979), designer of the Glass House and the AT&T Building.

Birth: July 8, 1906 - Cleveland, Ohio.

Profession: Architect.

Interesting Facts: He was a major collector and donated heavily to the Museum of Modern Art.