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Philip Johnson

Architect; first winner of the Pritzker Prize

United States · 1906–2005

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Architect and critic who founded the department of architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, built the Glass House in New Canaan, and designed the Seagram Building with Mies van der Rohe. First recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1979.

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Question What is the biggest obstacle you have faced professionally? Craft & work read 29 other answers →

Then you have the clients. The care and feeding of clients is really one of the main obstacles, because you always have a client with some preconceived idea of what a house looks like, and all you want him to do is leave a check and go to Europe for a couple of years. Or leave two checks. But alas, life isn’t simple. If it were, more people would be better architects.

Recorded Academy of Achievement, Academy of Achievement interview, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1 April 2000 source ↗

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