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Philip Johnson's Glass House and Pavillion, New Canaan, Connecticut

Philip Johnson's Glass House and Pavillion, New Canaan, Connecticut

The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. Title, date, and subjects provided by th... More

Memorial to President Kennedy, Dallas, Texas

Memorial to President Kennedy, Dallas, Texas

Designed by architect Philip Johnson in 1970, his simple, concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Dallas 200 yards from where the President was assassinated. It is a space for cont... More

Fall view of Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Fall view of Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential proj... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

[Portrait of Philip Johnson, Esq.]

[Portrait of Philip Johnson, Esq.]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXIV B 7. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View from below

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View from below

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of pavillion, Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

View of pavillion, Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connectic...

The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential proj... More

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the spiraling 1976 Chapel of Thanksgiving, part of Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

The "Ring of Thanks" at Thanks-Giving Square, a small (actually triangular) park in downtown Dallas, Texas, that is operated by the non-profit Thanks-Giving Foundation

The "Ring of Thanks" at Thanks-Giving Square, a small (actually triang...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park, designed by architect Philip Johnson, was dedicated in 1976 to promote the concept of giving thanks as a universal, human v... More

Philip Johnson's "Glory Window" unfolds in the spiraling 1976 Chapel of Thanksgiving, part of Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas

Philip Johnson's "Glory Window" unfolds in the spiraling 1976 Chapel o...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Glory window is one of the largest horizontally mounted stained-glass pieces in the world. Originally planned as the first of several traffic relievin... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving Square (technically triangular), designed by architect Philip Johnson in downtown Dallas, Texas

The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the spiraling 1976 Chapel of Thanksgiving, part of Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Philip Johnson's Glass House and pool, New Canaan, Connecticut

Philip Johnson's Glass House and pool, New Canaan, Connecticut

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, pond, water reflection, romantic landscape, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Chapel of Thanksgiving building in Thanks-giving Square in downtown Dallas, Texas

The Chapel of Thanksgiving building in Thanks-giving Square in downtow...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The chapel and park, designed by architect Philip Johnson, were dedicated in 1976 to promote the concept of giving thanks as a univer... More

Detail of the aereated pool of the Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, Fort Worth, Texas

Detail of the aereated pool of the Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Johnson wished to create the illusion that they could walk across the pool on tiles made of spraying water. Credit line: The Lyda Hil... More

The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving Square (technically triangular), designed by architect Philip Johnson in downtown Dallas, Texas

The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving S...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally planned as the first of several traffic-relieving complexes in downtown Dallas, the square was dedicated in 1976; at the t... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential proj... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

The Crystal Cathedral Christian church building, Garden Grove, Orange County, California

The Crystal Cathedral Christian church building, Garden Grove, Orange ...

The reflective glass building, designed by American architect Philip Johnson, was completed in 1981 and seats 2,736 people. The church is known for one of the largest musical instruments in the world, called th... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

Philip Johnson's Ghost House - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

Philip Johnson's Ghost House - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

The Ghost House, built in 1984, is an open structure of chain-link fencing that refers to the separate work of architects Frank Gehry and Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Title, date, and subjects provided ... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Chapel of St. Basil, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas

Chapel of St. Basil, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chapel of St. Basil by architect Philip Johnson at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas

Chapel of St. Basil by architect Philip Johnson at the University of S...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Roofless church by Philip Johnson, New Harmony, Indiana

Roofless church by Philip Johnson, New Harmony, Indiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the spiraling 1976 Chapel of Thanksgiving, part of Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the spiraling 1976 Chapel of Thanksgiving, part of Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

One of several modernist outbuildings on the estate that includes architect Philip Johnson's famous Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

One of several modernist outbuildings on the estate that includes arch...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the spiraling 1976 Chapel of Thanksgiving, part of Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas

Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass "Glory Window" unfolds in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving Square (technically triangular), designed by architect Philip Johnson in downtown Dallas, Texas

The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving S...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally planned as the first of several traffic-relieving complexes in downtown Dallas, the square was dedicated in 1976; at the t... More

The "Wall of Praise" at Thanks-Giving Square, a small (actually triangular) park in downtown Dallas, Texas, that is operated by the non-profit Thanks-Giving Foundation

The "Wall of Praise" at Thanks-Giving Square, a small (actually triang...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park, designed by architect Philip Johnson, was dedicated in 1976 to promote the concept of giving thanks as a universal, human v... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

A triangular pool within the 1974 Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed by New York architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee and dedicated to the City of Fort Worth, Texas, by the Amon G. Carter Foundation

A triangular pool within the 1974 Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed b...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

[Portrait of Philip Johnson, Esq.]

[Portrait of Philip Johnson, Esq.]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Interior of Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Aerial view of Transco Tower (Williams Tower) by architect Philip Johnson. Houston skyline is in the background

Aerial view of Transco Tower (Williams Tower) by architect Philip John...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Philip Johnson's Pavillion, New Canaan, Connecticut

Philip Johnson's Pavillion, New Canaan, Connecticut

Built in 1962. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 200... More

Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Philip Johnson's Glass House. The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an ... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

The "Glory Window" inside the public, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving Square (technically triangular), designed by architect Philip Johnson in downtown Dallas, Texas

The "Glory Window" inside the public, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-G...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Glory window is one of the largest horizontally mounted stained-glass pieces in the world. Originally planned as the first of sev... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III VV 19. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

The aereated pool of the Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, Fort Worth, Texas

The aereated pool of the Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed by archite...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Johnson wished to create the illusion that they could walk across the pool on tiles made of spraying water. Credit line: The Lyda Hil... More

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III VV 19. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXIV B 7. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving Square (technically triangular), designed by architect Philip Johnson in downtown Dallas, Texas

The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving S...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally planned as the first of several traffic-relieving complexes in downtown Dallas, the square was dedicated in 1976; at the t... More

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View from drive

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View from drive

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View to roof

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View to roof

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential proj... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View from across pool

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View from across pool

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, pond, water reflection, romantic landscape, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More