PhilipJohnson/AlanRitchieArchitects

Highlightsstructures，bothintheplanningandexecutedstages，designedinthe1990sbythefirmofPhilipJohnson/AlanRitchieArchitects，thatdemonstratethefirm'ssculpturalachievements，includingDaMonstaandtheGlassHouseinNewCanaan，Connecticut，anditslargerprojectsincludingtheCathedralofHopeinDallas.，PhilipJohnson，whodiedin2005，wasatoweringfigureinAmericanarchitecture，bothsensingandestablishingnewdirectionsandstylistictrends.Thismonographcoversthelastdecadeofhisprofessionallife，asheandpartnerAlanRitchiecollaboratedonprojectsofstrikingcreativityandoriginality.Ritchie，borninEngland，workedwithJohnsonforovertwentyyearsandcontinuesaspresidentofPhilipJohnson/AlanRitchieArchitects.Thisvolumeincludesworkbuiltandunbuilt，large-scaleandsmall，designedbythefirmthroughoutthe1990s.Twoimportantthemes--identifiedbyPaulGoldbergerinhisperceptiveintroductoryessay--areevidentthroughouttheoffice'soeuvre.Aninterestinsculpturalform--orthewayinwhichsculpturalformtranslatesintoarchitecturalpresence--ledJohnsonandRitchietodesignsthatinvolvebothnewkindsofshapesandnewwaysofusingclassicalarchitecturalform.SuchsculpturalworksincludeDaMonsta，thenewvisitor'spavilionatJohnson'sfamedGlassHouseinNewCanaan，Connecticut，andaspectacularfollyconsistingoffourpyramidsmadeofchain-linkfencingataprivateresidenceinupstateNewYork.Simultaneously，thefirmhascontinuedtodesignlargerprojects，forwhichithasbeenwellknownsincethe1980s.Atwenty-seven-storyapartmenttowerforHudsonSquareinlowerManhattan，theCathedralofHopeinDallas，andanadditiontotheAmonCarterMuseum(originallydesignedbyJohnsonin1961)inFortWorthshowJohnsonandRitchie'sskillfulcomminglingofthemodernistandtheclassicist，thecontextualandtheunique.