Philip Johnson & Texas
By: Frank D. Welch ; photographs by Paul Hester ; foreword by Philip Johnson ; drawings by Brian Fitzsimmons and Landry Ray.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Johnson, Philip, 1906- -- Criticism and interpretation; Architecture -- Texas; Architecture -- United States -- 20th century
Other titles: Philip Johnson and Texas
Description: "In this book, Frank Welch draws on interviews with Johnson, his professional colleagues, and the patrons who commissioned his buildings to discover why Johnson has done his best work in the Lone Star State. He opens with an overview of Johnson's formative years as an architect, leading up to his pivotal meeting with Dominique and John de Menil, who chose him to build their house in Houston in the late 1940s.

Welch fully chronicles Johnson's long association with the de Menils and other wealthy Texans and the many commissions this produced, including the University of St.

Thomas and Pennzoil Place in Houston, the Kennedy Memorial, Thanks-Giving Square, and the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, the Amon Carter Museum and the Water Garden in Fort Worth, and the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, as well as the numerous skyscrapers Johnson designed for Houston developer Gerald Hines, and several private residences."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-288) index.