Title & Author:

Career Retrospective: John Johansen / [presented by] John Johansen.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2010.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (40 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
John Johansen, 2009 -- Telephone Pole House, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1968 -- Spray House 2, 1955 -- US Embassy, Dublin, 1963 -- Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore, 1967 -- Oklahoma Theatre Centre, 1970 -- Oklahoma Theatre Centre, 1970. Main Auditorium -- Oklahoma Theatre Centre, 1970. Model -- Johansen House, New York -- Johansen House, New York. Bath Tub -- Telephone Pole House, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1968-Greenhouse House, 1976 -- Labyrinth House, Southport, Connecticut, 1966 -- Project No. 7, Air Quilt -- Project No. 2, The Web, 1989 -- Project No. 1, Froth Of Bubbles, 1988 -- Project No. 1, Froth Of Bubbles, 1988. Sketch -- Project No. 5, Metaphorphic Capsule, 1991.

Summary:

John Johansen (born 1916) is best known for his Oklahoma Theatre Centre - inspiration for both Richard Rogers and Frank Gehry, his US Embassy building in Dublin, and his series of symbolic houses. Here aged 93, in his third talk for Pidgeon Digital, he looks back over his career, from studying under Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius, to starting out in New Canaan, Connecticut as a member of the Harvard Five and providing John F Kennedy with one of his most famous lines. His exploration of futuristic building technologies is now focused on nano-architecture, which he dubs a new species of architecture.

Subject:

Johansen, John MacLane, 1916-2012.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Johansen, John MacLane, 1916-2012, narrator.