The Houses of Philip Johnson

Wonderful book, so happy to have bought it , as it contains detailed images of architecture and Johnson's history behind some these residential works.

Nice book about a famous architect ! Pictures are great and the book is also pleasant to read ... In fact I saw it in a "pousada" in Portugal, and I enjoyed it so much that I ordered at Amazon when I came back from holiday. It is perhaps not "THE" ultimate book on architecture, but lovers of very modern and human architecture can find in this book a compensation for the fact not to be a millionnaire and not be able to afford such expensive and beautiful houses ...

exactly as advertised

On the other hand, Philip Johnson was an active fascist sympathizer and active propagandist for the Nazi government, who had tried to implement fascism in USA for at least 8 years between 1932 and 1940. Details of this past are described in "WE CANNOT NOT KNOW HISTORY:" PHILIP JOHNSON'S POLITICS AND CYNICAL SURVIVAL by KAZYS VARNELIS in Journal of Architectural Education, November 1994 published also on the Internet, and also discussed at [...]

a great book and reference guide